Articles by Northern Miner Staff



Vior outlines Douay resource

A new resource calculation for Vior Mining Exploration (VIO-V) has doubled the size of the Douay gold deposit, about 60 km south of Matagami, Que.


Taunus resource by March: Oro

Oro Gold Resources (ORG-V, OGRSF-O) says that drill results from its Taunus resource expansion program in Sinaloa, Mexico, are prompting the company to expand its 2,000-metre program.



CNQ Trading — Nov. 6-12, 2007

STOCK TICKER VOLUME HIGH LOW LAST CHANGE HIGH LOW Alliance Mining AMCL 1200 0.23 0.16 0.23 0.00 0.23 0.10 Avanti Mining AVMI 760 0.80 0.60 0.69 + 0.08 0.80 0.40…


RIO TINTOA truck is filled with iron ore at Rio Tinto's Hamersley Iron mine in Australia. If BHP Billiton's offer for Rio is accepted, the combined company would control 27% of the world's iron.

Ironing out possible mega merger

Spurned by the board of Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L, RIO-A) in a friendly approach, BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L, BHP-A) has made its proposal for a US$138-billion all-share bid public in an attempt to brin…


BY ALISHA HIYATERough on display at Tahera Diamond's opening ceremony in July 2006.

‘Dark clouds’ over Tahera

Tahera Diamond’s (TAH-T, TAHEF-O) future appears about as grim as the company’s books, which have been saturated in red ink since commercial production began at its Jericho diamond mine, in Nunavut, i…



NOVAGOLD RESOURCESBarrick Gold and NovaGold Resources have decided to split the Donlin Creek gold project in Alaska (pictured) on a 50-50 basis.

NovaGold, Barrick to split Donlin 50/50

Vancouver — After long legal disputes and lots of nasty words, NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) and Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) have decided to bury the hatchet and work together to advance the large-…


Artisanals point the way for African Gold Group

Miners have long been divided about artisanal miners working their concessions. Although the activity can at times lead to conflict, artisanals are widely credited with providing free — if inadverten…


Pinetree loads up on McFaulds Lake juniors

Vancouver — After recently closing a $72-million financing, Toronto-based junior investment and merchant banking firm Pinetree Capital (PNP-T, PNPFF-O) has loaded up on shares of several junior minin…


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