Nordgold raises its offer for Northquest
VANCOUVER — After increasing its stake in Northquest (TSXV: NQ) to 52.3% late last year, Russian gold miner Nordgold is making a move to acquire the rest of the junior and…
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Win free tickets to the Toronto premiere of KONELĪNE: Our land beautiful.
The Northern Miner is proud to be Co-Presenter of the Toronto premiere of the feature-length documentary, KONELĪNE: Our land beautiful, which won the “Best Canadian Feature Documentary” award at the…
TSX returns to a bull market, May 30–June 3
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose nearly 0.9% to close at 14,226.78, up 20% from its Jan. 20 low, and marking a return to a bull market. The S&P/TSX Global Mining…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 15: On promising exploration plays and Indonesian chocolate
Matt and Lesley discuss some recent “hot” exploration plays, including: NexGen Energy (TSXV: NXE; US-OTC: NXGEF) attracting investment from a Hong Kong billionaire with its Arrow discovery, and Orex Minerals‘…
Film review: KONELĪNE finds drama in BC’s Golden Triangle
Northwest British Columbia is a land of abundance and beauty. Teeming with wildlife, the mountains, rivers and valleys are also home to the Tahltan First Nation. Riches below the surface…
Rye Patch scoops up Florida Canyon gold mine in Nevada
VANCOUVER —Rye Patch Gold (TSXV: RPM; US-OTC: RPMGF) is buying the venerable Florida Canyon heap-leach gold mine in Pershing County, Nev., out of receivership after its previous owner, Jipangu of…
Editorial: Northern Andean economies groan as oil revenues dry up
There’s nothing quite like a fall in oil prices to expose the cracks in the economies and politics of countries highly dependent on oil exports. And such is the case…
Orion to finance Premier Gold
When it comes to financing companies in the mining sector, private equity firms typically call the shots. But in a deal announced on May 31, Orion Mine Finance appears to…
US stocks surge, May 23–27
U.S. indexes gained ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen hinted at a possible interest rate hike in the coming months. The Dow Jones…
TSX posts slight gain, May 23-27
The Bank of Canada kept its target for the overnight lending rate at 0.5% and estimated that the wildfires in Alberta would knock 1.25 percentage points from real gross domestic…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 14: Lithium 101 and the effects of national wine day
We dig further into the lithium boom in our lead up to an in-paper special on the commodity that’s all abuzz thanks to Elon Musk and Tesla Motors‘ (NASDAQ: TSLA) gigafactory…
Canadian mining sector improves in early 2016
The Canadian mining sector got a much-needed boost in the first three months of 2016 thanks to higher gold and base metal prices, according to a new EY report. EY’s…