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…




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…


Huckleberry approves mine expansion

The board of Huckleberry Mines – in which Imperial Metals (III-T) holds a 50% stake, and a consortium of Asian companies (Materials, Marubeni, Dowa Mining and Furukawa) owns the remainder – has approved a plan to extend the life of its…



Soltoro CEO Andrew Thomson (far left) gives a presentation at the El Rayo silver-gold project in Jalisco State, Mexico. Photo by Salma Tarikh

Soltoro charges ahead in sunny Jalisco

Soltoro (SOL-V) may soon be garnering more well-deserved attention for its growing primary silver resource at the El Rayo silver-gold project here in Mexico’s Jalisco State.


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