Articles by Northern Miner Staff

TSX Venture Exchange, July 2-5

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index finished in the green for the first time in four weeks during the shortened trading period, with a 2.87-point gain to close at 884.27. An early jump in commodity prices fuelled positive investor sentiment…



U.S. markets, July 1-5

U.S. markets were closed for the Independence Day holiday on July 4, but when they reopened on Friday, strong jobs data helped push the S&P 500 Index above its 50-day moving average for the first time since June 19. The employment numbers…



Osisko sheds light on mystery Mexican project

VANCOUVER — Last October, Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK) made a rather odd announcement. The Montreal-based, Eastern Canada-focused gold miner reported it had staked just shy of 10,000 sq. km in Mexico, but wouldn’t be telling anyone the…




A closeup view of the equipment at Quest Rare Minerals' Pilot plant in Mississauga, Ont. (2013). Photo: Salma Tarikh

Quest to sell 100% of Strange Lake’s zirconia to TAM

Quest Rare Minerals (TSX: QRM; AMEX: QRM) received a much-needed boost after reporting that it intends to sell 100% of the anticipated annual zirconia production from its Strange Lake rare earth deposit in northern Quebec to New York-based…


The exploration camp on the Goose Lake property, part of Sabina's Back River Project in Nunavut. Source: Sabina Gold & Silver

Sabina finds high-grade gold at George

Sabina Gold & Silver (SBB-T) has pulled some encouraging grades from the George deposit at its Back River gold-silver project in Nunavut ahead of a prefeasibility study (PFS) due later this year.



U.S. markets, June 24-28

U.S. markets rebounded from fears in the previous period that the Fed would taper off quantitative easing. The markets stabilized after the Fed said that QE would not slow down any time soon. This brought the S&P 500 Index up 18 points to…


Inside the La Cruzada tunnel at Seafield Resources' Miraflores gold-silver deposit, 100 km south of Medellin, Colombia. Source: Seafield Resources

Seafield envisions a smaller mine at Miraflores

VANCOUVER — Seafield Resources (SFF-V) has an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) in hand for its multi-million ounce Miraflores gold-silver deposit situated 100 km south of Medellin, Colombia, and the Toronto-based junior has…


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