Articles by Northern Miner Staff

U.S. markets steady from Mar. 28-Apr. 1

The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 156.13 points or 1.28% to finish the Mar. 28-Apr.1 trading week at 12,376.72, while the S&P 500 index climbed 18.61 points or 1.42% to 1,332.41. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver index rose 0.27…


Facilities at the past-producting Puffy Lake gold mine in Manitoba's Flin Flon greenstone belt, part of Auriga Gold's Maverick project. Photo by Auriga Gold

Auriga’s fresh take on an old mine

Auriga Gold (AIA-V) is putting its faith in Manitoba’s Flin Flon greenstone belt, as the company fast-tracks its Maverick gold project into production.


Guyana's Prime Minister Samuel Hinds (left) meets with Sandspring Resources' management. Photo by Sandspring Resources

Sandspring’s high hopes for Toroparu in Guyana

Sandspring Resources (SSP-V) envisions annual production from its Toroparu project in Guyana of 310,000 oz. gold and 29 million lbs. copper in the first four years of operations, provided it can first raise the US$617 million needed for mine…


Zambian smelting shortfall a concern, Lundin says

When Phil Wright recently lashed out against Equinox Minerals’ (EQN-T, EQN-A) hostile takeover bid for Lundin Mining (LUN-T) in a conference call, the chief executive cited the shortage of Zambian smelting capacity as yet another project risk…










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