Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Sandstorm gets cashed-up

Sandstorm Gold (SSL-V) is looking to raise  $150 million so it can add to its precious-metal streams. The sum is comprised of $130 million from a bought-deal financing at $10 per unit, plus up to $20 million from underwriters who can buy…


Construction at First Majestic Silver's Del Toro silver mine in Mexico. Photo by First Majestic Silver

First Majestic improves Del Toro’s prospects

First Majestic Silver (FR-T) is busy building its Del Toro silver project, which is set to become its fifth producing silver mine in Mexico, with initial production expected by year-end.


US markets

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index ended a five-week winning streak despite glimmers of hope that the U.S. Federal Reserve may provide more stimulus, and news that the European Central Bank could set targets in a new…



Slower, lower, weaker at Olympic Dam

The beleaguered uranium subsector got a bit of an indirect boost in late August. The world’s biggest miner, BHP Billiton, declared as part of its year-end results that the 800-pound radioactive gorilla in the room — a planned…


Letters to the editor: Barkerville article ‘disturbing’

We have been very long-time subscribers of your newspaper as a source of factually correct information in the mining industry. We want to draw your attention to some serious errors found in your article, “Barkerville in the doghouse with…



Sabina Gold & Silver makes progress in Nunavut

Drill results from Sabina Gold & Silver’s (SBB-T, SGSVF-O) Back River project in southwestern Nunavut — 520 km northeast of Yellowknife, and 50 km southeast of Xstrata Zinc’s Hackett River silver-zinc project —…



Orezone trumpets 5M oz. gold deposit

Three months after finalizing a US$27-million deal with Cluff Gold (CFG-T) for its Sega gold project in Burkina Faso, Ottawa-based explorer Orezone Gold (ORE-T) looks to have another West African success story on its hands, with a world-class…


Surprise Molycorp financing hits share price

Shares of Molycorp (MCP-N) plunged 7.5% to US$11.16 per share — a 52-week low — on the day the U.S.-based rare earth company said it would raise US$450 million in convertible senior notes and common equity.


Puma hunts high-grade silver in New Brunswick

In late February the Fraser Institute published a survey that labelled New Brunswick the world’s most attractive jurisdiction for mineral exploration, and that sounds about right to Puma Exploration (PUM-V). The Rimouski, Que., based…


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