Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Midas Gold director John Wakeford looks at core at the Golden Meadows gold project in Idaho. Photo by Midas Gold

Midas’ golden dreams for Golden Meadows

Midas Gold (MAX-T) has outlined a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Golden Meadows gold project in Idaho, 153 km northeast of Boise.“It’s a very mining-friendly jurisdiction,” Stephen Quin,…


Paramount grows resource at San Miguel

Paramount Gold and Silver (PZG-T, PZG-X) has bulked-up its Mexican resources in a serious way. The company released an updated resource estimate for its wholly owned San Miguel project in the country, boosting indicated gold resources by 547%,…


An aerial view of the landscape at Rainy River Resources' eponymous gold project in northwestern Ontario. Photo by Rainy River Resources

Rainy River adds more shine to PEA

Rainy River Resources’ (RR-T) updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) proposes a smaller, higher-grade and lower-cost gold mine at its namesake project in northwestern Ontario. Given the current negative market conditions, the…


U.S. markets

Hope for more stimulus from the U.S. Federal Reserve after disappointing jobs data in August; the Chinese government announcing a US$150-billion infrastructure-building program; and news that the European Central Bank plans to buy more…


Short position reports

TSX Short Positions         Short positions outstanding at Aug 31/12 (with changes from Aug 15/12).      Largest Short Positions         Security Ticker Total Short Change Lundin Mining  LUN 44646706 476706…


Editorial: A season for tough decisions

September is always a pivotal month in the business year, with eight months of recent asset performance to sift through and a need to plan for the year ahead. It’s a time for many to take a cold look at whether business units have lived…


Exchange rates

EXCHANGE RATES CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Sept 10 Sept 7 Sept 6 Sept 5 Sept 4   US$ in C 0.9762 0.9778 0.9825 0.9902 0.9863  …


A headframe at Lundin Mining's Neves-Corvo pollymetallic mine, 100 km north of Faro, Portugal. Photo by Lundin Mining

Lundin bets on exploration at Neves-Corvo

On Sept. 4 Toronto-based producer Lundin Mining (LUN-T) released results from an expansive, 90,000-metre resource drill program at its wholly owned Neves-Corvo polymetallic mine — including copper, zinc, lead, silver and gold — 100…


Workers drilling in the pit at Petaquilla Minerals' Molejon gold mine in Panama, 130 km west of Panama City. Photo by Petaquilla Minerals

Inmet bids for Petaquilla

In what looks like a move to tidy up the neighbourhood, Inmet Mining (IMN-T) is offering to buy Petaquilla Minerals (PTQ-T) for $112 million in cash or equity. Petaquilla operates the Molejon gold mine in Panama, adjacent to Inmet’s Cobre…


People

Athabasca Uranium — Paula Rogers appointed a director.Atlanta Gold — Wm. Ernest Simmons appointed president and CEO.Aura Minerals — Britt Reid departed as executive VP and COO.Canadian Electrolytic Zinc — Eva Carissimi…



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