Luna Ends Drilling On Strong Note
Luna Gold (LGC-V, LGCU-O) struck some promising results at its Cachoeira gold project in northeastern Brazil as it wrapped up its drill program for the year.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Editorial: A Year Of Swan Dives And Belly Flops
It was remarkable year for the mining industry, as we witnessed a commodities boom in the first quarter turn into a bust by the fourth, all against the backdrop of a steadily worsening global financia…
Taseko Grows Gibraltar’s Copper And Moly Reserves
Vancouver — On the heels of a second expansion at the Gibraltar copper-molybdenum mine in central British Columbia, Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) has boosted reserves at the mine by almost 30%.
Jaguar Mining Finds Fair Weather In Brazil
SITE VISIT Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil–At a time when more than one mining company is struggling to stay afloat, Jaguar Mining (JAG-T) is a…
Aggregates And Obama’s Plan: JP Morgan Says Tread Lightly
Vancouver– U. S. President-elect Barack Obama’s talk of massive new infrastructure spending as one response to an expected recession has some investors excited about stronger demand for aggregates. M…
Chinese Investment A Lifeline For Australian Miners
Perth, Western Australia– Consider the Australian mining scene of six months ago — a chronic shortage of professional and skilled workers, high wages, headhunters wallowing in fees, long waiting lis…
Fronteer To Bid For Aurora
Fronteer Development Group (FRG-T, FRG-X) is the single largest shareholder of Aurora Energy Resources (AXU-T, AUEGF-O), with 42% of the company. Now Fronteer wants all of it — despite a three-year m…
SouthGobi sells metal properties to Ivanhoe
Vancouver – For $3 million Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T, IVN-N) is buying all the metal assets of its 79% owned spin-off So…
Gold Reserve’s board rejects Rusoro’s takeover bid
Calling Rusoro Mining’s (RML-V, RMLFF-O) unsolicited bid “opportunistic” and “financially i…
Strathmore and Yellowcake terminate Juniper Ridge agreement
Strathmore Minerals (STM-V) has terminated its joint venture agreement for the Juniper Ridge uranium property in Wy…
Chilean government bolsters smaller copper producers with price protection
Vancouver – Measures the Chilean government is taking to support small and medium-sized copper producers will trans…
Delta Uranium options property in Nfld.
Delta Uranium (DUR-T) has picked up a geologically diverse uranium project in Western Newfoundland that will see th…