TSX participants balance gyrations in gold, loonie and greenback
The TSX Composite Index was up a modest 14 points to finish the Sept 20-24 period at 12,204.86.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
U.S. equities sustain rally during Sept. 20-24 trading week
Economic uncertainty along with worries about European debt levels, coupled with comments from the U.S. Federa…
TSX Venture Exchange continues gains during week of Sept. 20-24
The S&P-TSX Venture composite index enjoyed another strong week between Sept. 20 and 24, closing at 1,699….
Pelangio pops on initial results from Ghana (September 27, 2010)
VANCOUVER — Just six weeks after signing an earn-in deal for the Manfo gold property in Ghana, Pelangio Exploration (PX-V) has pulled several near-surface, high-grade gold intercepts from two zones a…
Trelawney advances its Chester gold project
SITE VISIT GOGAMA, ONT. — “You can hear the mine workings from here,” Greg Gibson, the president and CEO of Trelawney Mining and Exploration (TRR-V, RTW-F), tells our group of about 15 as we walk near the cabins used by the staff at the…
NA Palladium’s efforts at Lac des les pay off
When a mine is placed on care and maintenance, operations often never resume. Sometimes the mine has run out of ore, or into technical difficulties, and metal prices cannot justify a restart. Rarely is a suspension considered an opportunity to…
Stillwater buying Marathon PGM for US$118M
VANCOUVER — Stillwater Mining (SWC-N), the only significant producer of platinum and palladium in the United States, is paying an 89% premium to take over Marathon PGM (MAR-T) and get its hands on Marathon’s large, feasibility stage…
Alto excited by Coldstream
Noranda Exploration discovered Alto Ventures’ (ATV-V) East Coldstream gold deposit in the Burchell Lake area of Ontario, about 100 km west of Thunder Bay. Between 1988 and 1991, Noranda drilled 37 holes into the ground, coming up with an…
Solid Q2 for Harry Winston
VANCOUVER — Harry Winston Diamond (HW-T) earned US$16.5 million in the second quarter of the year, a vast improvement over its US$24.5-million loss in the same quarter last year and a strong indicati…
Semafo says minerals up at Mana’s Kona zone
Results from 36 drill holes totaling 5,380 metres at Semafo’s (SMF-T) Mana gold mine in Burkina Faso in West Africa confirm the continuity of the mineralization in the Kona zone immediately northeast …
Long gold-copper hit in Romania lifts Carpathian
VANCOUVER — A deep drilling program at the Rovina Valley gold-copper project in Romania has returned the longest and highest-grade intercept to date from the Ciresata porphyry, one of three deposits …
New nickel zone sends Anfield higher (September 27, 2010)
Drill results from Anfield Nickel’s (ANF-V) Mayaniquel project in Guatemala indicate that the company could have an even greater abundance of metal on the property than previously believed.