Articles by Northern Miner Staff

An aerial view of a drill pad at Torex Gold Resources' Morelos project in Mexico. Photo by Torex Gold Resources

Torex plans 2015 start-up for Morelos

Torex Gold Resources (TXG-T) shares saw heavy trading after the company released a bankable feasibility study for its Morelos project in Mexico’s prolific Guerrero gold belt, as well as more drill results from the project’s…



The discovery hole marker at NuLegacy's Red Hill gold project in Nevada. Photo by Ian Bickis

NuLegacy gets in line on Nevada’s Cortez trend

A little over two decades ago Roger Steininger made a major gold discovery in Nevada by bucking conventional wisdom. Today he’s trying to do it again.Steininger has found himself chief operations officer and a director at Nevada-focused…


TSX Venture Exchange

The TSX Venture Exchange collected itself and resumed its forward march. After falling four straight days the week before, the holiday shortened period saw the index climb 31 points to 1,276.71 points, on the back of renewed enthusiasm for…


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,…


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…


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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