China comes calling on Jaguar
Despite China being the largest producer of gold one of the country’s biggest state-owned gold mining companies is looking westward to lock-up future production.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
First Point stakes new awaruite prospects in Australia, Yukon
Vancouver – Nickel-iron alloy explorer First Point Minerals (FPX-V) has discovered promising showings of awaruite mineralization in Australia and the Yukon. The company has staked large land packages surrounding the showings and will look to…
Chinese firms to invest $1.36 billion in private B.C. coal projects
Vancouver – British Columbia’s new Liberal premiere, Christy Clark, has made some bold statements to Canada’s mining sector and the rest of the world these past few weeks.
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.
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).
Seabridge Gold advances Courageous Lake in NWT
Infill drilling this year at Seabridge Gold’s (SEA-T) Courageous Lake property in Canada’s Northwest Territories is helping upgrade inferred resources to higher categories and increasing the size and grade of the deposit, the company says,…