Crystallex sells slice of Las Cristinas dream
Unable to get any traction on developing the fiercely disputed Las Cristinas gold deposit in Venezuela, Crystallex International (KRY-T, KRE-X) has sold two-thirds of its contested operatorship, appar…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Ur-Energy gets permits, cash
Ur-Energy (URE-T, URG-X) continues to drive towards production at its Lost Creek uranium project in Wyoming’s Great Divide basin.
Editorial: Cananea retaken
While copper prices continued to weaken substantially in early June, falling again below US$3 per lb., there were significant new copper developments on the supply side.
Hong Kong Exchange’s new rules for miners
HONG KONG, CHINA — Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. has published its Consultation Conclusions on New Listing Rules for Mineral Companies for both the Main Board and Growth Enterprise Market, an…
Letter to the editor
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Canadians charged in gold-mining Ponzi scheme
Four Canadians and two Americans have been charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for their roles in leading a US$300-million international Ponzi scheme that involved what looks …
University of Nevada gets boost from gold miners
Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N), Goldcorp (GG-T, G-N) and Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) have donated US$2.4 million to the University of Nevada, Reno’s mining engineering program. The money will help deve…
INTERNATIONAL QUOTES (June 21, 2010)
Australia (A$) June 8 June 1 Change Aquila Resources 8.3 9.04 -0.74 Bendigo Mining 0.22 0.22 0.00 Centennial Coal 4.21 4.11 0.10 Fortescue Res 3.92 4.04 -0.12 Iluka R…
Salazar restarts drilling at Curipamba
Salazar Resources (SRL-V) is back in the game in Ecuador, and has the drills turning at its Curipamba project, which is a gold-rich volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) camp.
New Gold ups Q1 production by 41% (June 21, 2010)
New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-X) showed huge improvements during the first quarter of 2010, significantly increasing gold production and decreasing cash costs compared to the same period in 2009.
NMC Resource mines South Korean moly
Molybdenum prices are trading at US$17.10 per lb. and NMC Resource (NRC-V), which owns 100% of a producing molybdenum mine in South Korea, thinks it’s a good time to be investing in the metal.
Silver Standard completes Snowfield’s prelim assessment
Silver Standard Resources (SSO-T, SSRI-Q) already has the largest published in-ground silver resource of all publicly-traded silver companies with projects throughout Argentina, Peru, Mexico, Canada, …