Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Colossus nears the finish line at Serra Pelada

If Nicholas Campbell and Chris Lerch of Canaccord Genuity are right, shares of Colossus Minerals (CSI-T, COLUF-O) could reach $7.75 apiece within the next twelve months—a big jump from where they currently trade at $2.98 per share.





Aerial view of Foran's McIlvenna Bay exploration camp in Saskatchewan.

McIlvenna Bay keeps growing for Foran

Foran Mining (FOM-V) has bulked up resources at the McIlvenna Bay zinc-copper-gold-silver volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit in east central Saskatchewan, with increases of 15% and 18% in indicated and inferred tonnage.


Walter curtails Willow Creek, preps for proxy battle

VANCOUVER – Walter Energy (WLT-T, WLT-N) is curtailing operations at its Willow Creek mine in northern British Columbia until metallurgical coal prices improve, the fifth met coal mine Walter has curtailed in the last 18 months as the…


Northern Vertex plans for pilot production at Moss

VANCOUVER – Northern Vertex Mining (NEE-V) wants to get into production as soon as possible and the junior just took a big step in that direction, with a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of its Moss project in Arizona that lays out a…


An aerial shot of AuRico's El Chanate mine in Sonora, Mexico. Source: AuRico Gold

El Chanate write-down surprises AuRico shareholders

Despite a $127 million write-down of the El Chanate mine in Sonora, Mexico, Canaccord Genuity analyst Rahul Paul says he isn’t changing his investment thesis on AuRico Gold (AUQ-T, AUQ-N) and is maintaining his US$11 price target on the stock….


Newstrike outlines maiden resource at Ana Paula

VANCOUVER — It has been a wild ride for Vancouver-based explorer Newstrike Capital (NES-V) at its flagship Ana Paula gold-silver project along the emerging gold belt in Guerrero State, Mexico. After acquiring the project roughly three…



Patterson Lake discovery triggers junior uranium frenzy

VANCOUVER — Nothing draws Canadian explorers quite like an emerging mineral discovery that looks to have district-scale potential, and that is proving to be the case with Fission Energy (FIS-V) and Alpha Minerals (AMW-V) Patterson Lake…


Barno's Twangiza project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Source: Banro

Banro eyes US$100M financing to get back on track

Banro (BAA-T, BAA-X) intends to secure a larger financing package of up to US$100 million to get its delayed Namoya gold project in the Maniema province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) into production by year end.   


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