Volume 100 Number 2 Feb 24 - Mar 2, 2014

Looking south towards the Crux Zone at Atacama Pacific Gold's Cerro Maricunga Oxide gold deposit in northern Chile. Credit: Atacama Pacific Gold

Atacama Pacific Gold grows Cerro Maricunga

Over the last three years, Atacama Pacific Gold (TSXV: ATM; US-OTC: ACPGF) has advanced its Cerro Maricunga gold deposit in northern Chile from a grassroots discovery to one of the largest undeveloped oxide gold deposits in the world, with 3.5…


TSX posts strong numbers, Feb. 10-14

Upbeat trade numbers from China showing that import growth reached a six-month high in January helped ease worries about emerging markets and pushed up oil prices. Investors were also relieved when the U.S. Congress approved an increase in the…



TSX Venture on the rise, Feb. 10-14

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index carried a wave of momentum to a full week’s worth of gains during the trading session, as it jumped 3.6%, or 34.25 points, en route to a 996.25-point close. Markets were buoyed by rising gold prices…


Doug Donnelly (right), Canadian Mining Hall of Fame director and publisher of The Northern Miner, presenting to Gavin McOuat, son of inductee Jack McOuat. Credit:  Canadian Mining Hall of Fame

Four dynamos enter the CMHF

Four new inductees boasting outstanding achievements in the diverse fields of mining engineering consulting, modern mineral exploration and grassroots prospecting joined the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame in the twenty-sixth annual ceremony in…




AuRico cuts costs as Young-Davidson takes the next step

VANCOUVER — As lower realized gold prices become the norm producers have received a clear message from markets: cut the fat and boost the margins. And AuRico Gold (TSX: AUQ; NYSE: AUQ) is aiming to move in that direction as it implements…


Centerra Gold's Kumtor gold mine in Khyrgyzstan, one of the largest gold mines in Central Asia. Credit: Centerra Gold

Centerra closer to restructuring Kumtor’s ownership

Centerra Gold (TSX: CG; US-OTC: CAGDF) says Kyrgyzstan’s parliament has passed a resolution that appears to support the new ownership structure for the country’s largest gold mine, despite several “materially…




Cliffs Northshore mine near Babbitt, Minnesota. Credit: Cliffs Natural Resources

Cliffs puts the brakes on spending, swings to Q4 profit

On his second day on the job at Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF) three months ago, newly appointed president and chief operating officer Gary Halverson shelved the company’s $3.3-billion plan to build a chromite mine in the Ring of…


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