Articles by Northern Miner Staff

An overview of Talison Lithium's processing plants. Source: Talison Lithium

Talison’s board recommends Chinese bid

A subsidiary of Chinese conglomerate Chengdu Tianqi Industry Group has raised its offer price for Talison Lithium (TLH-T) from $7.15 to $7.50 per share and the Australian lithium producer’s board and its largest shareholder, Resource…


Corvus considers two-stage development at Bullfrog

VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based explorer Corvus Gold (KOR-T) has released an amended preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on its wholly-owned North Bullfrog gold project in southern Nevada that models a heap-leach operation averaging 74,800…


Workers at Western Potash's Milestone Project. Source: Western Potash

Western Potash up on positive Milestone feasibility

Western Potash (WPX-T) gained nearly 7% after publishing a positive feasibility study that showed the proposed Milestone potash solution mine near Regina, Sask., could produce 2.8 million tonnes of potassium chloride (KCl) a year for 40…




Dolly Varden hopes to find the next Eskay Creek

VANCOUVER — The management team at Vancouver-based Dolly Varden Silver (DV-V) had been keeping its eye on an intriguing piece of mining history in northwestern British Columbia’s Stewart complex for quite some time. Both Chairman…


Freeport bets on oil and gas

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold’s (FCX-N) surprise decision to buy two oil and gas companies in a deal involving cash and shares worth nearly US$10 billion has divided analysts on whether the acquisitions make sense. 




Today's silver investors prefer to own physical silver, according to Mark Thomas. Source: US Mint

Silver price outlook for 2013

It is my view at SilverPriceAdvisor.com that the outlook for silver prices in 2013 is simply higher. I say “simply higher” because the trend for silver prices in 2013 will be higher as the year moves on. More importantly, I say…


Workers at Inmet Mining's Cobre Panama copper project in Panama. Source: Inmet Mining

Inmet rejects First Quantum’s takeover bid

Inmet Mining’s (IMN-T) shares climbed after two announcements on Nov. 28 indicated the miner has turned down a second takeover bid from First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) and adopted a shareholder rights plan to provide more time to…


Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg senior partner Kevin Thomson.

Pent-up demand may spur M&A activity: expert

Kevin Thomson is a senior partner at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg and one of Canada’s leading mergers and acquisitions lawyers. He has acted for bidders and target companies in a large number of solicited and unsolicited takeover…


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