Marathon improves metallurgy recoveries
Recent metallurgical testing improves the net present value of the Marathon PGM’s (MAR-T) platinum group metals and…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Red Back: Big growth through DRC
After kicking the tires for over two years, Red Back Mining (RBI-T) finally decided to take the plunge.The compan…
Mongolian Election Causes Market Jitters
Sometimes the market gets it right, and sometimes it doesn’t.
Cardero’s Half-Off Sale
VANCOUVER — With a bleak outlook for iron ore markets, Cardero Resource (CDU-T, CDY-X) has announced that it will accept exactly half the original US$200-million sale price for its Pampa de Pongo iro…
Continental Proves Up Second Deposit In Tibet
VANCOUVER — The main deposit alone made Xietongmen a solid copper-gold project. Now Continental Minerals (KMK-V, KMKCF-O) has more than doubled the property’s resource count with a new deposit just 2…
Avion Flying Fast In West Africa
Avion Resources (AVR-V, AVRCF-O) has managed to beat its own guidance for the first month and a half of production at its Segala gold mine in Mali, and in doing so, has fuelled a remarkable turnaround…
Canadian Exploration Spending Expected To Halve In 2009
VANCOUVER–For a junior to spend even half as much on exploration in Canada this year as compared to last may now be considered pretty normal, if not pretty good.
Capstone Cuts More Copper And Gold At Minto Open Pit
Capstone Mining (CS-T, CSFFF-O) has reported promising results from drilling at its Minto copper-gold-silver mine in the Yukon.
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International Quotes (June 01, 2009)
Australia (A$) May 26 May 19 Change Bendigo Mining 0.28 0.29 -0.01 Kingsgate Cons. 6.15 5.58 0.57 Lion Selection Ltd 1.02 0.95 0.07 Newcrest Mining 32.00 29.50 2.50 Z…
More Gold At Sabodala For Oromin
VANCOUVER — The Sabodala gold project in eastern Senegal continues to yield promising results for Oromin Explorations (OLE-T, OLEPF-O) — the project now hosts four defined deposits, two mineralized …
Alexco Defines More High-Grade Silver At Keno
VANCOUVER — Underground definition drilling at Alexco Resource’s (AXR-T, AXU-X) Bellekeno project, on its Keno Hill property in the Yukon, has further delineated a high-grade silver area within the u…