Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Alacer celebrates a year with stellar results

Roughly a year after it was forged out of the merger of Anatolia Minerals and Avoca Resources, Alacer Gold (ASR-T) showed the market that its operations are humming along, and that its aggressive exploration program could be set to pay near…


Western Australia to expand Esperance port

The government of Western Australia’s decision to expand capacity at the Esperance port will benefit companies like Macarthur Minerals (MMS-T, MMSDF-O) and others active in the emerging iron ore sector in the Yilgarn area.


Venture rises in January 16-20 period

Vancouver – The S&P TSX Venture Composite Index climbed 35.31 points in the January 16 to 20 trading period to end at 1,571.34 points after four days of gains and one day of losses. Volume would have averaged almost 100 million shares…



Crocodile applauds Luxor’s higher offer

Luxor Capital Group has increased its partial offer for Crocodile Gold (crk-t), which operates gold mines in Australia. The New York-based investment company has raised its bid from US56¢ a share to US62¢ to buy 215.4 million…


U.S. equities edge higher, Jan. 16-20

Signs that Greece was nearing a deal with private bond holders and better-than-expected GDP growth in China were the key events marking the Jan. 16-20 trading week. China’s economy grew 8.9% in the fourth quarter of 2011, down from 9.1% in the…



At Prophecy Platinum's Wellgreen nickel-copper-PGM project in the Yukon, from left: field geologist Rex Camit; senior geologist Danniel Oosterman; and project geologist Rory Calhoun. Photo by Matthew Allan

Prophecy Platinum starts winter drill program at Wellgreen

Fifteen kilometres off the paved Alaska Highway in southwestern Yukon, the Wellgreen nickel-copper-platinum group metal (PGM) project sits largely as it has since 1973, when Hudson-Yukon Mining abandoned underground mining there after one year…


Hecla closes Lucky Friday for one year

Mining analyst Chris Lichtenheldt of UBS Investment Research has cut his 12-month target price on Hecla Mining (HL-N) to US$8 per share from his earlier forecast of US$9.85 per share, after the silver miner announced it has been forced to close…


Drill rigs in the Clark Tunnel area at Midas Gold's Golden Meadows project in Idaho. Photo by Midas Gold

Midas leading the pack of Idaho gold explorers

Just six months after completing its $45.2-million initial public offering in July, Midas Gold (MAX-T) has firmly emerged as the top gold explorer in Idaho following the state’s recent resurgence as a prospective mining jurisdiction.


An aerial view of the camp at Canada Zinc Metals' Akie zinc-lead-silver project in northeastern British Columbia. Photo by Canada Zinc Metals

Canada Zinc drills Cardiac Creek

Exploration and diamond drilling at Canada Zinc Metals’ (CZX-V) Cardiac Creek Sedex zinc-lead-silver deposit on its Akie property, 260 km northwest of the town of Mackenzie in northeastern B.C., started in May – and so far the company has…


Woulfe scopes Muguk’s charm

Woulfe Mining (WOF-V), pleased with an initial resource at the Muguk gold-silver project in South Korea, has started a scoping study at the past-producing mine.


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