Articles by Northern Miner Staff

U.S. equities fall, Jan. 23-27

The U.S. economy in the final three months of 2011 grew at its fastest pace in more than a year and a half with GDP growth of 2.8%, up from 1.8% growth in the third quarter and 1.3% in the second quarter. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke…


Giustra shell graduate flops on Guinea iron ore assays

They say for every mine successfully put into production, 1,000 other geological prospects are tested and found lacking. Notwithstanding the small probability of achieving just one success over a life-long career in mining, a small group of…


Lupaka ups its ownership in Crucero

Lupaka Gold (LPK-T) now indirectly owns 100% of the Crucero gold project in southeastern Peru, after buying the remaining 40% stake of a subsidiary that held the deposit for US$9.2 million in cash and stock.


Quadra FNX ups Victoria resource

Infill drilling at Quadra FNX Mining’s (QUX-T) polymetallic Victoria project in Sudbury, Ont., has increased inferred resource tonnage by 16% and raised by 32%, 26% and 4% its contained nickel, copper and total precious metals, respectively,…


Editorial: Minefinders turns buyerfinder

Showing just how hard it is these days to find high-quality primary silver prospects to buy, Pan American Silver has turned some silver bugs’ heads by easing up on its long-held silver purity and tabling a friendly $1.5-billion offer for the…


Minefinders' Dolores open-pit gold-silver mine in northern Mexico. Photo by Minefinders

Pan American looks to Minefinders

Driving down cash costs, generating immediate cash flows and building itself into the world’s largest primary silver producer sound like good enough reasons for Pan American Silver (PAA-T, PAAS-Q) to table a friendly takeover bid for fellow…





A bucket-wheel extractor at BHP Billiton's Spence copper mine in Chile. Photo by BHP Billiton

BHP boosts copper resources at Spence

Resources at BHP Billiton’s (BHP-N) Spence copper mine in northern Chile has grown by nearly 700%, following a four-year, US$30-million brownfield exploration program.



The exploration camp at Pretium Resources' Brucejack gold-silver project in northwestern British Columbia. Photo by Pretium Resources

Credit crunch no problem for Quartermain’s Pretium

Robert Quartermain’s Pretium Resources (PVG-T, PVG-N) has started the new year with a bang, announcing plans on Jan. 19 to raise $18.5-million in flow-through funds at $18.50 a share. The bought-deal financing led by Salman Partners represents…


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