Odds ‘n’ sods: Seabee, The little mine that beat the odds
In the late 1980s, veteran northern Saskatchewan bush pilot Bill MacNeill turned resource developer.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Editorial: Iron ore market gets anemic
Unto everything there is a season; a time to hustle and sell off your vast, frozen iron ore assets in remote parts of the country to foreigners from the tropics, and a time to throttle back production at actual iron ore mines in Canada’s…
Sulliden outlines a smaller project in Peru
While a feasibility study for Sulliden Gold’s (SUE-T) Shahuindo project in northern Peru envisions a somewhat smaller and slightly more expensive gold operation than previously thought, the project’s economics are…
Buritica resource boosts Continental
Shares of Continental Gold (CNL-T) surged $1.09, or 12%, to $9.90 apiece, with more than 6 million shares changing hands on news of an updated resource estimate for the company’s Buritica project in Antioquia, Colombia.
Look out, here comes Oceanic Iron Ore
When Steven Dean stepped down in 2002 as president of Teck Cominco, now Teck Resources (TCK-T, TCK-N), his motivation was simple: he wanted to spend more time with his family after spending years on the road, a fact of life in the…
OceanaGold: What’s the dillio with Didipio?
After the financial crisis derailed the Didipio copper-gold project in 2008 and OceanaGold (OGC-T, OGC-A) was forced to put the Southeast Asian project on care and maintenance, the company says it expects to start commissioning within the next…
Stornoway navigates the road to production
Recent media reports have suggested Stornoway Diamonds’ (SWY-T) Renard diamond project in Quebec may face delays given that construction of the Route 167 extension from Chibougamau to the Otish Mountains is slightly behind plan, but the…
Primero up 36% on positive tax ruling
Primero Mining (P-T, PPP-N) soared 36% after the gold-silver producer with operations in Mexico received a favourable tax ruling from Mexican authorities on its Advanced Pricing Agreement (APA).
Curis approaches pilot phase at Florence
VANCOUVER — It was a long summer for Vancouver-based developer Curis Resources (CUV-T) and its Florence in-situ copper project 105 km southeast of Phoenix, Az. The company hit a 52-week low at 36¢ per share on Aug. 21, as a lack of…
Early juniors get low-hanging fruit in Jalisco
It’s not every day that primary silver deposits are found at the side of a road.
Beaufield proves Chinese firms still interested in iron ore
The connection between slower growth in China and slumping commodity prices has been well made in the financial press over the last few months — but there are contrary signs to be found by astute investors.
SilverCrest increases bought deal financing
Precious metals producer SilverCrest Mines (SVL-V, SVLC-N, SVLC-X) has expanded its bought financing to $30 million from $26 million and will use the proceeds to both eliminate the remainder of its gold hedge book and beef up…