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Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Bravo Sees High Grade Potential At Homestake
Vancouver — Long and high-grade gold intercepts at Bravo Venture Group’s (BVG-V) Homestake Ridge property, 35 km southeast of Stewart, B. C., are providing insight into where the company should drill…
Editorial: Nickel Cuts Hit Home
The steep fall in nickel prices since July finally translated into production cuts by the majors in Canada’s nickel camps during the week ended Dec. 6, the 49th trading week of 2008.
Apogee’s La Solucion Mine Goes Under
Declining metal prices and lower grades combined with higher smelting costs and taxes have forced Apogee Minerals (APE-V, AGEEF-O) to close its La Solucion silver- zinc-lead mine north of La Paz in Bo…
Pequop: Nevada’s Next Gold District?
Nevada is well-known for prolific gold districts such as Comstock, and the Carlin and Cortez trends. Now, Reno, Nev.-based AuEx Ventures (XAU-T, AUXVF-O) believes its Long Canyon and West Pequop proje…
Wesdome Strikes New Gold In Val D’Or Camp
Wesdome Gold Mines (WDO-T, WDOFF-O) has found some much needed gold in an area that has never been drilled before on its Dubuisson property, in Val d’Or, Que. — good news to go along with a solid thi…
Seabridge Puts KSM’s Mine Life At 30 Yrs
Vancouver — A preliminary economic assessment has put a US$3.4- billion price tag on the Kerr-Sulphurets- Mitchell (KSM) gold project in northwest British Columbia, but the investment would buy a 30-…
Fresnillo Moves On MAG Silver
In what executives at MAG Silver (MAG-T, MVG-X) are calling a “take-under” bid, a subsidiary of Fresnillo (FNLPF-O, FRES-L) is offering US$4.54 per share in cash for all of MAG’s outstanding shares. M…
Vale Scales Back
As the world economy continues to unravel, Vale (RIO-N) is closing its Copper Cliff South nickel mine in Sudbury, Ont., suspending its Voisey’s Bay nickel operations in Labrador for a month next July,…
HudBay-Lundin Merger Draws Fire
Vancouver — What was supposed to be a friendly merger between HudBay Minerals (HBM-T, HBMFF-O) and Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LMC-N) is turning into a nasty battle, as groups of HudBay shareholders demand…
Jinshan Adds More Gold At Dadiangou
Jinshan Gold Mines (JIN-T, JINFF-O) has defined a higher-grade core zone within its Dadiangou gold deposit in China’s Gansu province that is likely to enhance the project’s economics. The higher-grade…
Capoose On Track For Silver Quest
Vancouver — As part of its efforts to update a historical resource estimate, Silver Quest Resources (SQI-V, SQIFF-O) has confirmed silver and gold mineralization at its Capoose property, 185 km south…