Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Commentary: Mining the Canadian markets

With nearly 1,650 companies listed, mining is one of the Toronto Stock Exchange’s most important sectors. The TSX and the TSX Venture exchange are currently home to more than half of the world’s public mining companies, as Canada continues to…



Source: GoldQuest Mining

Goldquest sinks 37% on drill results

Shares of Goldquest Mining (GQC-V) have dropped lately every time the company has published additional holes from its ongoing drill program at the Romero gold-copper target. This time it was no different. The stock plunged 37% after the…


Drilling at Unigold's Candelones Extension, part of its Neita concession. Source: Unigold

Unigold rises on drill results

Shares of Unigold (UGD-V) jumped 14.3% to 28¢ on news of one of the best-ever drill results from the Candelones Extension, part of its Neita concession in the Dominican Republic.


TSX up on U.S. holiday retail season

The Toronto stock market gained during the Nov.19-23 trading week as investors looked forward to a positive U.S. holiday retail season and possibly some good news coming out of Europe, regarding Greece’s bailout plan.


TSX Venture climbs with commodities

The TSX Venture Exchange made a modest gain of 12 points to 1,258.97 points for the Nov. 19-23 period as global markets shrugged off their past selling ways and embraced a more positive outlook on the state of the world.



Tirex Resources CEO Bryan Slusarchuk (second from right) on a drill platform in the Letitna area of the Mirdita volcanogenic massive sulphide project in Albania. Source: Tirex Resources

Tirex scores mining licences at Mirdita VMS project in Albania

Vancouver-based explorer Tirex Resources (TXX-V) is making mining history in Albania. On Oct. 29, Tirex acquired 25-year mining licences that encompass six past-producing deposits in the Mirdita volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) district…


A worker handles core at Yellowhead Mining's Harper Creek copper-gold-silver project in B.C. Source: Yellowhead Mining

Taseko hedges its bets with Yellowhead shares

In mid-September, Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) made a second attempt at permitting its US$1.1-billion New Prosperity copper-gold project in B.C., submitting a revamped environmental impact statement with a US$300-million plan to salvage…


Argentum CEO Warren McIntyre (left) with country manager Juan Lopez Luque at the Coyote silver project in Jalisco, Mexico. Photo by Trish Saywell

Argentum gathers momentum in Mexico

Argentum Silver (ASL-V) has been pulling impressive intercepts out of the El Tajo and La Colorada veins at its Coyote silver project in Mexico since acquiring 100% of the project from Soltoro (SOL-V) in August.


Tinka on to new zinc discovery

Tinka Resources (TK-V) has a new zinc find on its hands in west-central Peru, and the market is taking notice. The company released its latest results from a single diamond drill hole A12-04A at its Ayawilca project, near Colquipucro in the…


Drillers at work at Kirkland Mining's 12 Mile gold-silver target in Elko County, Nevada. Photo by Matthew Keevil

West Kirkland sticks to its guns in Long Canyon

For president and CEO Michael Jones and his team at West Kirkland Mining (WKM-V), the path forward is clear: establish a strong land position in an emerging gold district, and operate with the tenacity and business savvy needed to stay there….


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