Blackstone buys Xstrata stake in Norwegian nickel projects
Vancouver Blackstone Ventures (BLV-V) has struck a deal with Xstrata Nickel (XTA-L, XSRAF-O) to buy a basket of p…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Quadra surprises with Robinson output boost
Vancouver – Fourth quarter copper and gold production from Quadra Mining’s (QUA-T, QADMF-O) flagship Robinson mine …
Varvarinskoye resources inch up, reserves inch down
A new resource and reserve estimate made for European Minerals (EPM-T, EUM-L) on the Varvarinskoye gold-copper depo…
Dispute triggered Mantle takeover bid for Ecstall
Vancouver – Mantle Resources (MTS-V, MTSZF-O) says its takeover bid for Ecstall Mining (EAM-V, ESMGF-O) was trigger…
Protests in Guinea heating up
The latest round of riots in Guinea has intensified to the point where bauxite production could be threatened. Th…
Jerooy in new hands (January 15, 2007)
The Kyrgyz government has issued a licence for development of the Jerooy gold deposit to a joint venture of state m…
UPDATE: Norilsk CEO freed from French jail
Norilsk Nickel (NILSY-O, MNOD-L) CEO Mikhail Prokhorov was released by French police on Jan. 12 after being held in…
Alexandria drills Cadillac Break in Val d’Or
Alexandria Minerals (AZX-V) has resumed a 15,000-metre drilling program in Val d’Or, Que., which it started just be…
Persistence Pays for Cusac Gold
When Rory Almasi died suddenly after suffering a brain aneurysm in February 2004, it was a development that no one could have predicted.
Wayside Gets US$10M to Take Cariboo Gold Projects to the Next Level
Vancouver — After an almost 3-week trading halt, International Wayside Gold Mines (WGM-V, IWGMF-O) has announced the arrangement of a US$10-million loan facility from a private European-based investm…
Imperial-Taseko Battle for bcmetals Heats Up
Vancouver — Imperial Metals (III-T, IPMLF-O) recently agreed on terms of its planned takeover of bcMetals (C-V, BMTLF-O) with the junior, only to see a revised competing offer come forward from Tasek…
What the World Thinks of BC
The Fraser Institute’s Annual Survey of Mining Companies is designed to assess how mineral endowments and public policy factors such as taxation and regulation affect exploration investment. The 2005 …