Strong assays for Northern Freegold in the Yukon
Results from eight more holes at Northern Freegold Resources (NFR-V) Freegold Mountain project in the Yukon are in and show that the company could well be on to a significant mineralized body.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Midway pushes Pan to feasibility
Midway Gold’s (MDW-V, MDW-X) feasibility study for its Pan gold project in White Pine Cty., Nev., shows it’s viable to build at various gold prices.
Hathor Exploration receives revised offer
Cameco Corporation (CCO-T, CCJ-N) has raised its all-cash offer for Hathor Exploration (HAT-T) by 20% from $3.75 per share to $4.50 per share, trumping Rio Tinto’s (RIO-N, RIO-L) $4.15 per share all-cash bid.
Venture edges down Nov. 7-11
Junior mining stocks maintained their slight downward trajectory in the Nov. 7-11 trading period, with the S&P/ TSX Venture Composite Index slipping 8.7 points to end at 1,641.31 points. As in recent weeks, volume remained light at an…
TSX slips 1% during the Nov. 7-11 week
The TSX Composite Index slipped during the Nov. 7- 11 trading week to 12,276.85 points, down some 131 points or 1% from the week before.
U.S. markets strengthen
Despite continued worries over Greek and Italian debt, U.S. companies have been reporting better-than-excepted third quarter results and that help to strengthen domestic markets for the Nov. 7-11 period. The Dow Jones was up 170 points to…
Colossus explores extended land package
The gold-platinum-palladium enriched Central Mineralised Zone at Colossus Minerals’ (CSI-T) Serra Palada project plunges gently southwestward away from the surface area that was historically mined out by artisanal miners in what became the…
Golden Predator continues aggressive growth in Yukon
Few companies embody the modern Yukon gold rush more than Golden Predator (GPD-T).
Editorial: Oppenheimer out
The decisive, US$5-billion exit of the storied Oppenheimer family from its 40% controlling interest in De Beers brings to a close a century of history in the global diamond trade.
Pretium’s Quartermain a gold bug all along
Many people often think of me as a silver-focused individual,” Pretium Resources (PVG-T) president and CEO Robert Quartermain told a crowd of around 150 in his opening remarks at a recent Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia…
De Beers sale to shake up industry
Anglo American’s (AAL-L) agreement to pay $5.1 billion in cash for the Oppenheimer family’s 40% stake in De Beers will have a profound impact on the diamond industry, executives and analysts say.
Western Potash passes another milestone
Western Potash (WPX-T) has put a spotlight on its Milestone potash project in Saskatchewan with a positive prefeasibility study (PFS) estimating annual production at 2.8 million tonnes for at least 40 years. This has some analysts speculating…