Randgold’s Mark Bristow dreams big
Mark Bristow was a 24-year-old university student when he attended a party on the eve of the Midmar Triathalon — a gruelling canoe-cycle-run event held at the Midmar Dam north of Pietermaritzburg in South Africa.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
BHP spinoff South32 to launch in mid-2015
BHP Billiton’s (LSE: BLT) spinoff company will be named South32, a nod to the location of its assets in the southern hemisphere and a more cryptic salute to the location of its main offices in Australia and South Africa.
Short Position Report
Short positions outstanding at Dec.15/14 (with changes from Nov.30/14).
Coeur pays US$161 million for Paramount’s San Miguel
VANCOUVER — According to Coeur Mining (NYSE: CDE) president and CEO Mitchell Krebs, the company’s friendly take-over of junior Paramount Gold and Silver (TSX: PZG; NYSE-MKT: PZG) is one of the most “logical and strategic acquisitions”…
Short Position Report
Short positions outstanding at Nov.30/14 (with changes from Nov.15/14).
Fact ‘n’ figures: Citigroup favours palladium for 2015
Palladium mine supply production this year will fall to 5.9 million oz. — its lowest level in nearly 20 years, and an 8% drop from 2013 — while demand for the metal grows, Citigroup outlines in a Dec. 1 research report.
Letter to the Editor: Tough to turn a profit at San Antonio
From April 1941 to June 1968, my late father Cliff Gibson was chief geologist at the San Antonio gold mine in Bissett, Man. Every year it made money and paid a dividend.
Wall Street gets slammed, Dec. 8-12
The market sell-off on Wall Street was one of the worst in more than two years as oil dropped below US$62 a barrel and China reported more weak economic data. The S&P 500 Index fell 3.5% to 2002.33 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average…
GoviEx pitches Madaouela uranium project in Niger
Before listing on the Canadian Securities Exchange in June, the small corporate team at GoviEx Uranium (CSE: GXU) raised over $100 million privately to advance their Madaouela uranium project in Niger.
Thompson Creek shutters Endako
VANCOUVER — Rough commodity markets are forcing miners to make tough decisions, and Colorado-based Thompson Creek Metals (TSX: TCM; NYSE: TC) is the most recent operator driven to place a struggling asset on temporary care and maintenance…
Aurcana improves operations at La Negra
VANCOUVER — It’s all about boosting near-term liquidity for silver producer Aurcana (TSXV: AUN; US-OTC: AUNFF) as it grapples with a high debt load and falling metal prices. On Dec. 1 the company released its…
Editorial: More Tsilhqot’in fallout in BC
One recent resource development story in B.C. shows how the ground rules for project developers are changing forever in the province after the Supreme Court of Canada’s precedent-setting Tsilhqot’in decision in June and Imperial…