Articles by Northern Miner Staff




Gold rises in face of weaker euro

Gold is ending the first quarter much as it ended the last: rising strongly toward long-term peaks. However, the nature of this rally has changed. Gold is now rising in the face of a weaker euro — breaking the gold/euro correction that became so…


Quadra raises funds to revive Robinson

Vancouver — Quadra Mining (QUA-T) has raised $145 million as part of a broad effort to become a mid-tier, base metal mining and exploration company, and used some of the proceeds to acquire the Robinson copper mine project, nea…


New zone at Sur American’s Comval

Vancouver — Mapping and sampling have enabled Sur American Gold (SUR-V) to outline a copper-gold zone on the flank of the Tagpura porphyry deposit at the Comval project in the Philippines.


Tournigan clarifies Kremnica assessment

Vancouver — The TSX Venture Exchange has asked Tournigan Gold(TVC-T) to clarify certain aspects of a scoping study performed at its Kremnica project in the Slovak Republic.


Montanans seek cyanide ban

Opponents of cyanide leach mining in Montana are seeking to change the state’s constitution in an effort to ban the process.



SMC Gold buys miner

Queensland, Australia-based SMC Gold intends to buy a 70% stake in the Chilean company Compania Minera Tamaya (CMT) by issuing up to 200 million shares.


Sparton at Sierra Rosario

Sparton Resources (SRI-V) can earn a 51% interest in the Sierra Rosario gold-silver project in Mexico’s Sinaloa state. To do so, Spartan must pay $130,000 to the vendor, International Northair Mines (INM-V), a…


Sustainable development works

Many people think sustainable development is about making choices. And they are right. But many are mistaken about the kinds of choices involved.


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