Prophecy fulfilling goals
Vancouver – The assets continue to pile up at Prophecy Resource (PCY-V, PRPCF-Q) with another proposed friendl…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Back Forty shows strength for Aquila, HudBay (June 15, 2010)
Vancouver – The Back Forty deposit in Michigan is flexing its volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) muscles fo…
Argentex discovers new silver-gold zone at Pinguino in Argentina
The Tranquillo Trend, a northwest regional feature that crosscuts 11 km of Argentex Mining’s (ATX-V, AGXM-O) P…
Cliffs goes after Spider to get Big Daddy
Iron ore and coal giant Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N) has raised its offer for Spider Resources (SPQ-V) by …
Aurizon reads between the mines
Vancouver – With two underground gold deposits already being mined at the Casa Berardi project in northwestern…
Avalon Rare Metals up on updated resource estimate
Shares of Avalon Rare Metals (AVL-T, AVARF-O) shot up 11.2% or 23¢ apiece to close at $2.28 on news that …
Venture board has hard week
Vancouver – The second week of June did not start well for the S&P TSX Venture Composite Index, which fell…
US markets seesawed in June 7-11 trading
Comments from the World Bank that a double-dip recession cannot be ruled out and nagging worries about the deb…
TSX finishes June 8-14 period higher
The return of investor confidence over global recovery had the TSX Composite Index finishing the June 8-14 per…
Goldcorp selling San Dimas, Escobal to juniors
VANCOUVER — Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) has announced the sale of its San Dimas gold-silver mine in Mexico, a month after entering into a similar arrangement for its Escobal silver deposit in Guatemala.
Kimber rises on positive Monterde economics (June 14, 2010)
VANCOUVER — Kimber Resources’ (KBR-T) Monterde project in Mexico could produce 813,000 oz. gold and 21.4 million oz. silver over a 13.4-year mine life, according to a preliminary economic assessment …
Petra borrows US$78M
Leading rough diamond Petra Diamonds (PDL-L) hopes to treble annual diamond production to 3 million carats by 2019 with the help of a US$78 million loan from the International Finance Corp. (IFC) and …