Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Richmont’s Wasamac property shows potential

Shares of Richmont Mines (RIC-T) jumped $1.42 or 15.32% to $10.69 on drill results from its Wasamac property in Quebec and the company plans to expand its exploration program there by another 10,000 metres to 45,000 metres this year as part of…


Selwyn looks to Norway to fund ScoZinc mine restart

Vancouver – Selwyn Resources (SWN-V) is looking to raise US$30 million in a senior bond offering through Norway’s First Securities AS in order to restart operations at the company’s newly acquired ScoZinc zinc-lead mine in Nova Scotia.


Positive results for Lake Shore’s Thorne

Promising assays from Lake Shore Gold’s (LSG-T) Thorne gold property in Timmins, Ont., did little to lift the company’s shares. The junior has been trading near its 52-week low of $1.91 (Aug. 15, 2011) since releasing dismal second-quarter…


Keystone clears major hurdle

Hollywood actors, climate experts and other opponents of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline will have ninety days to prevent the final approval of the project after the U.S. State Department ruled on Friday that the pipeline would have “no…



Ocampo, meet Young-Davidson

AuRico Gold (AUQ-T, AUQ-N) wants to be the world’s next significant intermediate gold producer, and it has tabled a rich, all share offer for Northgate Minerals (NGX-T, NXG-X) to help it get there.


Canaccord initiates coverage of Goldgroup Mining

Junior Goldgroup Mining (GGA-T, GGAZF-O) believes it can produce more than 200,000 ounces of gold a year within three years through organic growth from a combination of its Mexican assets and Canaccord Genuity mining analyst Nicholas Campbell…


TSX bounces back

After the storms came the sun as markets recovered, if only slightly, for the Aug. 22-26 period with the TSX Composite Index rising 92 points to finish at 12,327.51 points. With the improvement talk shifted to aspects of the economy that…


Paladin Energy raises more money for expansion

Paladin Energy (PDN-T) “remains the only significant public uranium producer without a strategic investor/alliance,” making the company “a very attractive takeover target,” Canaccord Wealth Management remarked in a note to clients this morning.


Venture edges down Aug. 22-26

Vancouver – The S&P TSX Venture composite index was fairly calm in the August 22 to 26 period, with the fluctuating gold price not translating directly to stock movements. Still, three days of losses outweighed two days of gains, leaving…


U.S. equities stronger, Aug. 22-26

U.S. stocks posted their first positive trading week in more than a month with the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining 4.32% or 466.89 points to close at 11,284.54 and the S&P 500 index adding 53.27 points or 4.74% to finish at 1,174.80….


The landscape at Orko Silver and Pan American Silver's La Preciosa silver-gold project in Durango, Mexico. Photo by Pan American Silver

Positive PEA for Pan American, Orko’s La Preciosa

Joint-venture partners Pan American Silver (PAA-T, PAAS-Q) and Orko Silver (OK-V) have released a long-awaited preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for their La Preciosa epithermal silver-gold project in Durango, Mexico.


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