Commentary: OMA weighs in Ontario’s Bill 173
The following is an edited portion of the Ontario Mining Association’s submission to the Standing Committee …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Editorial: Gold cracks US$1,000 again
Gold’s day-long breach of the US$1,000-per-oz.-mark was the biggest news for gold bugs around the world on S…
Silver Wheaton to pay US$625M for Barrick silver stream
Vancouver – Having worked out another major silver stream contract, this time with Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N)…
Xstrata Copper feels pinch from Vale Inco nickel strike
While the masses have gone back to work and school after Labour Day, the last long weekend of summer will stre…
Esperanza Silver completes initial economic assessment of Cerro Jumil
Esperanza Silver’s (EPZ-V, ESPZF-O) 100%-owned Cerro Jumil project, an advanced open-pit heap-leach gold proje…
Investors anticipate Xstrata to make another run at Lonmin
Xstrata (XSRAF-O, XTA-L) could be gearing up for another run at the world’s third largest platinum producer Lo…
Short Position Report (September 08, 2009)
TSX Short PositionsShort positions outstanding at Aug. 31/…
Repealed Tax Bodes Well For Ivanhoe
VANCOUVER — Just over three years ago, when producers and explorers operating in Mongolia were slammed with a 68% windfall tax on copper and gold profits, their share prices tanked. Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N), for example, which is advancing…
Rio Tinto Arrests Underscore Challenges Of China Trade
After more than five weeks in detention on suspicion of stealing state secrets, Chinese authorities on Aug. 11 formally arrested four employees of Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) on charges of bribery and stealing commercial…
Medusa Ramps Up Low-Cost Co-O Mine In Philippines
While Medusa Mining (MML-A, MML-L) is focused solely on Mindanao in the southern Philippines, its Co-O mine on the island’s eastern end has proven to be so bountiful that the company is rapidly transforming itself into a profitable,…
Russia-Mongolia Deal Could Leave Khan Out In The Cold
A visit to Ulaanbaatar by Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has sealed a deal between Russia and Mongolia on uranium mining, leaving the status of Torontobased Khan Resources (KRI-T, KHRIF-O) up in the air.While rumours about a Russian and…
Wayside Secures US$14M For QR Mine, Bonanza Ledge Deposit
Barkerville, B. C., southeast of Quesnel, is a ghost town left over from the 1858-63 Cariboo gold rush, and soon, International Wayside Gold Mines (WYG-V, IWGFF-O) will ask shareholders to consider ta…