A glance at Riverstone’s Karma project
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — You don’t want to lean over too far when peering down one of the dark narrow man-dug mine shafts at Riverstone Resources’ (RVS-V) Karma gold project. If you were to fall, …
Volume 96 Number 29 - Sep 6 - Sep 12, 2010
Klondex Mines moves into marketing mode (September 06, 2010)
Blane Wilson is a man on a mission. The recently appointed president of Klondex Mines (KDX-T, KLNDF-O) wants to market the junior like it’s never been marketed before.
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE -August 23-27
While the market was digesting mixed signals from the broader economy the TSX composite index managed to scratch out a 161 point gain to finish the Aug. 23-27 period at 11,879.72.
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE -August 23-27
Two days in the red were curbed by three days in the black for the S&P/TSX Venture composite index over the Aug 23-27 trading week, leaving the board up 9.23 points at 1,488.85. The overall gain k…
U.S. MARKETS -August 23-27
The U.S. Commerce Department revised its second-quarter gross domestic product growth figure from 2.4% to 1.6% just hours before U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said that the economic recov…
Mindoro transitioning to producer at Agata
SITE VISIT SURIGAO, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES — A steep climb up a slippery hillside, sweating in the tropical heat and humidity, awaits those who want to properly appreciate Mindoro Resources’ (MIO-V) Agata nickel laterite project in the…
First Quantum closes Frontier
VANCOUVER — The saga of First Quantum Minerals’ (FM-T, FQM-L) wranglings in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has taken another turn with the company suspending operations at its Frontier co…
Great Basin rises as Burnstone advances
VANCOUVER — Great Basin Gold (GBG-T) has added some 3.5 million oz. to the gold count at its Burnstone project in South Africa, where a year of construction has brought the new mine within sight of c…
Obituary: Underground mining engineer Glenn O’Gorman, dies at 60
Glenn Robert O’Gorman, a hard rock underground mining engineer with more than 35 years of experience in the industry, died on Aug. 28 in Montreal. He was 60.
The new Yukon gold rush
What a difference a few years can make.
Are stock options still ideal for mining execs?
In the smoking ruins of the global financial crisis, renewed attention has been focused on executive incentives and whether efforts to earn higher compensation promoted executive behaviour that create…
Technical Analysis Report: Examining macro trends
With fears of a double-dip recession growing, and volatility being the rule of the day, The Northern Miner thought it would be a good time to take a macro view of where markets may be trending.