Articles by Northern Miner Staff

TSX Venture posts gains Sept. 17-21

VANCOUVER — The S&P TSX Venture Composite Index closed the week at 1,345.72, up 2.05% or 27.62 points. The index continued to grind out gains despite volatile commodity prices and macro-economic uncertainty surrounding the Euro…


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,…


US equities dip slightly, Sept. 17-21

 While the S&P 500 remained near highs not seen since December 2007 after the European Central Bank announced its bond-buying plan on Sept. 6 and the U.S. Federal Reserve followed a week later with a third round of quantitative…



Victoria Gold VP of exploration Rich Eliason (right) and a colleague look over Haggart Creek and the exploration camp at the Dublin Gulch gold project in the Yukon. Photo by Matthew Keevil

Victoria rules at Dublin Gulch in Yukon

It has been a three-year slog for Toronto-based Victoria Gold (VIT-V) at its wholly owned Dublin Gulch property 85 km from Mayo, Yukon, but the company is nearing the finish line to put its Eagle gold deposit into production by 2015.


Drilling at Martiniere boosts Balmoral

Shares of Balmoral Resources(BAR-V, BALMF-O) surged nearly 40% in the three trading days after the junior explorer reported results on Aug. 16 from its summer drill program at its flagship Martiniere property in Quebec’s Abitibi region,…



A view of Detour Gold's Detour Lake gold mine under construction in northern Ontario. Photo by Detour Gold

Detour Lake on track for production in early 2013

When Detour Gold’s (DGC-T) gold project in northern Ontario moves into production in the first quarter of next year — and eventually reaches an average production rate of 657,000 oz. gold a year, for a total of 14.1 million oz. over…


Geologist Alain-Jean Beauregard examines core from Integra Gold's Lamaque gold project in Val-d'Or, Quebec. Photo by Integra Gold

Integra cuts high grade at Lamaque

It has been a promising six months for Vancouver-based explorer Integra Gold (ICG-V). The company has completed a 30,000-metre diamond drill program at its wholly owned Lamaque gold project located in the Val-d’Or gold camp in…


Editorial: MAC pitches transparency, free trade

For Mining Association of Canada (MAC) president and CEO Pierre Gratton, the future of the nation’s mining industry lies in clear-cut regulatory reform, and in cultivating global free-trade arrangements geared towards expediting the flow…



Aurizon makes headway in Quebec

Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T, AZK-X) began September with a bang. On the same day it released higher-grade intercepts from its Hosco West and Heva deposits — part of the company’s feasibility-stage Joanna gold project, 20 km east of…


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