Queenston bulking up at Upper Beaver
Queenston Mining’s (QMI-T) flagship project in Kirkland Lake is growing more robust.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
The investment case for phosphate, Quebec, and Arianne
When Michael Goldberg of Stonecap Securities looks at Arianne Resources (DAN-V) and its phosphate project in northern Quebec he sees one thing: a takeover target.
Reservoir, Freeport hit high-grade copper at Timok
VANCOUVER — Vancouver-based explorer Reservoir Minerals (RMC-V) is seeing its 2012 exploration program at its Timok copper-gold property in eastern Serbia pay-off in a big way, and major producer Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold…
TSX down as market awaits QE3
The TSX Composite Index went into the Labour Day weekend on a down turn as it shed 148 points to 11,949.26 for the Aug 27-31 period.
Venture recovery hits a snag in August 27-31 period
VANCOUVER — The mid-August rebound of the S&P TSX Venture Composite Index came to a halt in the August 27 to 31 period as four days of losses left the index down 11.14 points at 1,240.74. Volume was in line with recent weeks at an…
Torex plans 2015 start-up for Morelos
Torex Gold Resources (TXG-T) was the most actively traded stock on the TSX after publishing a bankable feasibility study for its Morelos project in the prolific Guerrero gold belt, 180 km southwest of Mexico City.
U.S. equities fall slightly, Aug. 27-31
Hopes of further injections of liquidity from the U.S. Federal Reserve following a speech Aug. 31 by Chairman Ben Bernanke sent gold prices higher and helped stem losses on U.S. equity markets. Bernanke’s remarks that the central bank is…
Northern Tiger rouses Sleeping Giant
Northern Tiger Resources (NTR-V) has renewed interest in the Sleeping Giant zone at the 3Ace project in southeast Yukon, with some encouraging sample results.
Metals, mining and money markets
SPOT PRICESCourtesy of ScotiaBankTuesday, August 7, 2012 Precious MetalsPrice…
Brazilian Gold gets first resource at Boa Vista
It didn’t take long for Brazilian Gold (BGC-V) to get a resource on its recently discovered VG1 deposit in Brazil.
Puma hunts high-grade silver in New Brunswick
In late February the Fraser Institute published a survey that labelled New Brunswick the world’s most attractive jurisdiction for mineral exploration, and that sounds about right to Puma Exploration (PUM-V). The Rimouski, Que., based…
Saskatchewan potash developers pull in their horns
Rising costs and inconsistent downstream demand have taken a toll on potash and fertilizer producers during the first half of 2012, with volatile global markets now impacting the strategies of several mega miners in Saskatchewan’s…