Resource up at Young-Davidson (December 18, 2006)
Resources at the Young-Davidson gold project near Matachewan, Ont., have grown substantially in a new estimate comm…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Ashton board agrees to new merger plan
A proposal from Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T, SWYDF-O) to merge Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T, AMCFF-O) into one of it…
TSX goes global with gold index (December 18, 2006)
To suit its beefed-up list that now includes non-Canadian gold companies, the Standard & Poor/Toronto Stock Exchang…
Denison eyeing further expansion with OmegaCorp bid
Vancouver — Denison Mines (DML-T, DNMIF-O), a company with deep roots in the Canadian uranium mining sector, is set to take on an entirely new profile after launching a $154-million offer for Austral…
Gold Fields, Sino now allies
Already holding a significant stake in Australian gold producer Sino Gold (SGX-A), South African mining house Gold Fields (GFI-N, GOF-L, GOGOF-J) has taken a 6.5-million-share placement in exchange fo…
Baja assessment approved (December 18, 2006)
The Mexican Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources has approved an environmental impact assessment for the Boleo copper project in the state of Baja California Sur, which will allow owner Ba…
Suppliers News (December 18, 2006)
SRK to find out age, cost of Aquarius
Editorial: Mining and CSR, Part III
In Parts I and II, we saw how three high-profile accidents at Canadian-operated mines in the mid-1990s triggered industry introspection on an unprecedented scale. This week, we conclude with today’s c…
Lundin the real winner in decision to develop Tenke Fungurume
Commentary Chalk it up as another win for Lukas Lundin and his stable of mining companies. By committing to kickstart the massive Tenke Fungurume copper-cobalt…
Summer work at Churchill turns up diamondiferous dyke system
The source of some highly compelling G10 indicator mineral chemistry that had eluded Shear Minerals (SRM-V, SRMUF-O) and Stornoway Diamond (SWY-T, SWYDF-O) has finally been located with the discovery …
Osisko outlines 6.5M oz at Malartic
An initial inferred resource for the Canadian Malartic gold deposit in northwestern Quebec shows a resource of around 6.5 million oz.
Phelps OK’s DRC copper mine
US$650 million Cost to build Tenke Fungurume