Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Harry Winston revises life-of-mine plan at Diavik

VANCOUVER — Canadian diamond miner Harry Winston (HW-T, HWD-N) has released a much-anticipated mine plan update for its joint-venture Diavik diamond operation 300 km northeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Harry Winston owns…


High-grade gold results lift Atac

Shares of Atac Resources (ATC-V) climbed nearly 10% after the prominent Yukon explorer released more results from its wholly-owned Rackla gold project, 55 km northeast of Keno City.


Update: Drilling at Martiniere boosts Balmoral

Shares of Balmoral Resources (BAR-V, BALMF-O) surged nearly 40% in the three trading days after the junior explorer reported results on Aug. 16 from its summer drill program at its flagship Martiniere property in Quebec.


Inmet, Franco-Nevada ink Cobre Panama deal

VANCOUVER — In a highly-anticipated move, base-metal producer Inmet Mining (IMN-T) has closed a financing deal with streaming company Franco-Nevada (FNV-T, FNV-N) worth US$1 billion in a bid to cover a funding shortfall at its…


Rocky times for Great Basin Gold

Technical and infrastructure challenges at Great Basin Gold’s (GBG-T, GBG-N) two principal projects hammered its revenues in the second quarter and the company says it faces a near-term liquidity crisis. A strategic review has been…


Venture rallies during Aug. 13-17 period

VANCOUVER — The S&P TSX Venture Composite Index rallied to its highest level since early July during the August 13 to 17 period, rising 42 points or 3.6% en route to 1,233.17 weekly close. Spot gold rose to US$1615.80 per oz. to…




US markets

It was a good week for U.S. stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 112 points to close the trading week at 13,207.95, the broader S&P advanced 15 points to 1,405.87, the Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 53 points to 3,020.86 and the…


Toronto Stock Exchange

The S&P/TSX Composite Index was up 127 points to 11,841.98 during the holiday-shortened period after beginning the period on a tear as it caught up to U.S. markets.The run was based on the notion that central banks were prepared to do…


Glen Barton

NMHF to induct four US mining giants

The National Mining Hall of Fame (NMHF) in the U.S. has selected four inductees for 2012: Glen A. Barton, J. David Lowell, Samuel Newhouse, and John Cleveland Osgood.The four will formally join the ranks of 214 previous inductees in the hall of…


TSX Venture Exchange

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index ended flat in the shortened period, up less than a point at 1,191 points after two days of losses balanced out two days of gains. Volume was also little changed, with an average of 67 million shares…


By continuing to browse you agree to our use of cookies. To learn more, click more information

Dear user, please be aware that we use cookies to help users navigate our website content and to help us understand how we can improve the user experience. If you have ideas for how we can improve our services, we’d love to hear from you. Click here to email us. By continuing to browse you agree to our use of cookies. Please see our Privacy & Cookie Usage Policy to learn more.

Close