San Gold plans to nearly double production in 2011
San Gold (SGR-T, SGRCF-O) produced 43,498 ounces of gold last year and intends to nearly double that amount this year to 80,000 ounces.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Moneta makes headway at Golden Highway
In just under a year Moneta Porcupine Mines (ME-T, MPUCF-O) has discovered three large zones close to its historic resource of 624,500 ounces of 5.98 grams gold per tonne at its Golden Highway project in Ontario.
Scotiabank report analyses Japan’s impact on commodities
A new report from Scotiabank says the negative fallout from Japan’s earthquake and tsunami are “likely to prove temporary with Japan quickly gearing up its economy again.”
U.S. markets stronger, Mar. 21-25
U.S. equity markets posted stronger results in the Mar. 21-25 trading week with the Dow Jones Industrial Average edging up 3.05% or 362.07 points to finish at 12,220.59, and the S&P 500 index rising 2.71% or 34.60 points to 1,313.80. The…
Institutional Shareholder Services recommends Equinox bid
Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQN-A) announced today that Institutional Shareholder Services, an independent corporate governance analysis and proxy voting firm, is recommending that Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LUMI-O) shareholders vote in favour of its…
Venture makes gains in March 21-25 period
Vancouver – The S&P TSX Venture exchange made gains of 70.16 points in the March 21 to 25 period to end at 2,314.03, but is still short of its 2,439.83-point peak before the Japan earthquake severely disrupted markets.
Canadian politics have no effect on TSX
An eventful period in politics didn’t translate into much excitement on the TSX, as the TSX Composite Index rose only slightly for the Mar. 21-25 period, gaining 120 points to finish at 14,039.39 points. As a coalition of opposition…
Gold Canyon hits long gold intercept
Gold Canyon Resources (GCU-V) found some light on an otherwise cloudy time for markets as it struck a significant amount of gold near Red Lake, Ont.
MAC: Environmental group’s report is flawed
The following was released by the Ottawa-based Mining Association of Canada (MAC) in response to the PEW Environmental Group’s report “A forest of blue – Canada’s boreal forest, the world’s water keeper.” For more information visit…
MEG: Financings recovered fully in 2010
The following was released by the Metals Economics Group, based on its Strategic Report. For more information visit www.metalseconomics.com.
Federal government funds ‘CAT scan for the earth’
The Canadian government is spending $1.8 million to fund a new geophysical survey technology from Vancouver called muon geotomography.
People (March 28, 2011)
Andean American Gold – Shafiq Gulamani resigned as a director.