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Corvus shares surge 50% on Nevada gold

Vancouver — Corvus Gold (KOR-T) has started the year with a bang. Positive assay results from its North Bullfrog gold-silver project outside of Beatty, Nev., combined with a generally sunny outlook for gold juniors helped push the…


MAX hopes to find ‘silver lining’ in Majuba Hill

Vancouver — MAX Resource (MXR-V) continues to search for a copper-silver porphyry system at its Majuba Hill property in Pershing County, Nevada. Assays were released in early February from a second quarter 2011 drill campaign.


At the 2012 Canadian Mining Hall of Fame dinner, from left: Hunter Dickinson CEO Ron Thiessen; inductee Robert Dickinson; sons of inductee Robert Hunter, Scott and David. Photo by Canadian Mining Hall of Fame

Canadian Mining Hall of Fame welcomes five inductees

The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, of which The Northern Miner is a sponsor, welcomed five new inductees at its twenty-fourth annual induction dinner in mid-January at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto.


First Point Minerals president and CEO Peter Bradshaw examines awaruite core at the Decar nickel-iron ore project in central British Columbia. Photo by Matthew Allan

First Point shares up 105% so far in 2012

The junior mining sector is off to a good start in 2012, though few companies have seen their share price rise as much as First Point Minerals (FPX-V). The company’s shares are up 105% since Dec. 30, climbing from a near-52-week low of 41¢…


Machinery at North Country Gold's Three Bluffs gold project in Nunavut's Committee Bay greenstone belt. Photo by North Country Gold

Canaccord brokers pile back into North Country

At least 14 Canaccord Genuity brokers have picked up shares in Nunavut-focused gold explorer North Country Gold (NCG-V) in a recent private placement. North Country raised $12 million in late December by issuing 10.2 million flow-through shares…


Crocodile execs applaud Luxor’s higher offer

Luxor Capital Group has increased its partial offer for Crocodile Gold (CRK-T), which operates gold mines in Australia. The New York-based investment company has raised its bid to US62¢ from US56¢ a share to buy 215.4 million…



A drill rig at Tournigan Energy's Kuriskova uranium project in central Slovakia, 10 km northwest of the city of Kosice. Photo by Tournigan Energy

Kuriskova uranium project low-cost, Tournigan says

Slovakia has four nuclear reactors that generate half the nation’s electricity needs, and two more reactors are planned or under construction. That makes Tournigan Energy’s (TVC-V) flagship Kuriskova uranium deposit in the country an attractive…


Great Western Minerals' Steenkampskraal REE mine in South Africa. Photo by Great Western Minerals

Great Western to get expertise from China

Over the last month Great Western Minerals Group (GWG-T) has completed a joint-venture with a Chinese company to build a rare earth separation plant near its Steenkampskraal mine in South Africa, about 350 km north of Cape Town, and…



Canada/China sign landmark uranium deal

A new trade deal allowing exports of Canadian uranium to China is producing cheers from uranium companies across the country. The deal was one of several agreements signed during a visit this week to China by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen…


Round-up of explorers in Idaho

Ask a mining investor about gold in Idahoand Midas Gold (MAX-Tt) will likely be the first name that pops to mind. The company has put itself at the forefront of the conversation by proving up 5.8 million oz. of the yellow metal at its Golden…


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