Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Construction at CGA Mining's Masbate gold mine in the Philippines in 2008. Photo by John Cumming

B2Gold aims to grow via CGA bid

Gold miner B2Gold (BTO-T) looks to be banking on its proven ability to operate in difficult locales, as it moves forward with a US$1.1-billion, all-stock friendly bid for Australia’s CGA Mining (CGA-T, CGX-A), and its Masbate gold mine in…


Blackwater PEA drives New Gold higher

A preliminary economic assessment of New Gold’s (NGD-T) Blackwater gold project in central B.C., 112 km southwest of Vanderhoof, suggests it should generate robust economic returns, even at a gold price that is US$500 per oz. below where…


Alpha closes mines, cuts 9% of workforce

Alpha Natural Resources (ANR-N), the number-two coal miner in the U.S., may have its credit ratings lowered by Standard & Poor’s after curbing production and shutting eight coal mines, to stay profitable as demand drops.




Exco Resources fights hostile takeover

Just two weeks after the board of Australian junior Exco Resources (ESX-A) rejected a hostile, all-cash takeover offer from one of its institutional shareholders, the explorer released an updated resource estimate for its Turpentine copper-gold…


Novo Resources president and CEO Quinton Hennigh.

Hennigh’s grand gold vision in Western Australia

When it comes to early stage exploration, it is not unusual to hear about big ideas and regional plays. But when Quinton Hennigh focused on a theory for the better part of a decade with prolific Australian prospector Mark Creasy, the wheels got…


Drillers at work at Vista Gold's Mount Todd gold project in Australia's Northern Territory. Photo by Vista Gold

Vista keeps growing Mt. Todd

Vista Gold (VGZ-T, VGZ-X) has bulked up its resource estimate for the Batman deposit at its Mount Todd gold project in Australia’s Northern Territory.


Lynas takes step closer to REE production

Lynas Corporation (LYC-A) has been developing its large rare earth project in Western Australia for more than 10 years, and a decision earlier this month by Malaysia’s Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB) has brought the project a step…


Mill components arriving at Colossus Minerals' Serra Pelada gold project in Brazil's Para state. Photo by Colossus Minerals

Serra Pelada fully funded to production in 2013

Canaccord Genuity analyst Nicholas Campbell has raised his 12-month target price on Colossus Minerals (CSI-T, COLUF-O) by $1 to $10 per share after the junior exploration and development company signed an agreement with Sandstorm Gold (SSL-V,…


Brigus piles on the ounces in Grey Fox update

Brigus Gold (BRD-T, BRD-X) has updated its resource estimate for the Grey Fox gold property, and the results show the company is particularly adept at pushing inferred resources up into a ballooning “indicated” category. 


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