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Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Peregrine Metals’ shares spike on acquisition news
Peregrine Metals (pgm-t) saw its shares surge more than 250% after U.S. platinum giant Stillwater Mining (swc-n) agreed to pay US$487.1 million for the junior and its large, yet undeveloped copper-gold project in Argentina.
Baja Mining’s Boleo project is worth waiting for
Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur–John Greenslade is probably one of the most tenacious–and brilliant–chief executives in the junior mining world.
Venture finds gains despite the gloom
Vancouver – Shrugging off poor job numbers from the United States and worries of a spreading debt crisis in Europe, the S&P TSX Venture Exchange Index managed its best period in months between July 4 and 8. The index ended up 80.63 points…
U.S. stocks feel the chill with poor jobs data, July 5-8
Disappointing jobs data sent a chill through markets in the U.S., with the unemployment rate rising to 9.2% in June, the highest since December. Reuters reported that U.S. state and local governments “cut thousands of jobs in June, pushing…
Modest gains for TSX over July 4-8 period
The TSX Composite Index rose a modest 56 points for the July 4-8 period as upward momentum was cut short by concerns about the strength of the global economic recovery due to higher energy prices and continued worries over both European and US…
Positive scoping study for Vaaldiam’s B3
Brazil-focused Vaaldiam Mining (VAA-T) has released a scoping study for its Braüna JV, in Bahia state, that estimates it would cost US$25 million to build a mine that would produce a total of 573,000 carats over a five-year mine life.
Lucara harvests high-value stones at Mothae
The first diamond tender from Lucara Diamond’s (LUC-V) 75%-owned Mothae mine, in Lesotho, brought in $8.2 million for 9,381 carats of stones earlier this year.
St Andrew gets a lift from Taylor
St Andrew Goldfields’ (SAS-T) shares got a much-needed boost, springing almost 8% on the back of positive news from its Taylor gold project near Timmins, Ont. Taylor sits 65 km west of the company’s newly producing Holt gold mine, and covers…
Northgate making Young-Davidson mine a reality
Progress at one of Ontario’s most exciting gold deposits continues unabated as Northgate Minerals (NGX-T, NXG-X) drives its Young-Davidson mine into production.
Yukon gold for Golden Predator
Golden Predator’s (GPD-T) drive to become a leading explorer in the Yukon got a boost from results at its Grew Creek gold project in the central part of the territory.
Revolution explores Carolina slate belt
Drilling along a 25-km-long trend is bound to generate mixed results, and such is the case for Revolution Resources (RV-T) at its Champion Hills project in North Carolina.