Articles by Northern Miner Staff

BCSC questions Barkerville’s mega resource

The British ­Columbia Securities Commission has raised concerns about a 10.6-million-oz. gold resource estimate that Barkerville Gold Mines (BGM-V) released on June 28.The concerns, based on a draft technical report supplied to the BCSC,…



Editorial: A world o’ hurt

Life is full of ebbs and flows, expansions and contractions, and the mining industry is part of that cyclical stream. Right now Canada’s intrepid mining industry and its breathtaking, optimism-fuelled expansion into most of the…


Facilities at Semafo's Mana gold mine in Burkina Faso. Photo by Semafo

Semafo stumbles on Mana expansion update

Montreal-based gold producer Semafo (SMF-T) found out how punishing markets can be these days when the company released long-awaited exploration results at its Mana gold mine 200 km west of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Originally expected early…


Papua New Guinea scaring off miners

Aldridge Minerals (AGM-V) has added its name to a growing list of mining companies leaving or looking to leave Papua New Guinea (PNG).The company will abandon its Kili Teke gold-copper property in the country now that its licence renewal…



Cline hit hard by falling coal demand, suspends New Elk ops

Global economic woes stemming from the Euro crisis and slowing industrial activity in some of the world’s largest economies are taking a toll on coal producers, with Toronto-based developer Cline Mining (CMK-T) halting operations at its…


NovaGold narrows focus on Donlin

NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) bounced off 52-week lows after announcing it had achieved a number of milestones on the road to developing its Donlin gold project northeast of Anchorage, Alaska. Donlin is one of the largest potential gold…


A protester opposed to South American Silver's Malku Khota silver project stands in front of a barrier blocking access to the Bolivian presidential palace in the capital La Paz. Photo by Alexis Aubin. al.aphoto@hotmail.com. alexisaubin.blog.com

Bolivian gov’t seizing Malku Khota

The Bolivian government plans to expropriate South American ­Silver’s (SAC-T, SOHAF-O) wholly owned Malku Khota silver-indium-gallium project, the Vancouver-based company announced after markets closed on July 10.South American Silver…


Search for sunken treasure intensifying

VANCOUVER — With big mineral deposits becoming harder to find and even harder to put into production thanks to social and political hurdles, a small but growing group of companies are looking to the sea floor as their next source of…



Tough conditions for rough diamonds

Anglo American (AAL-L) reported diamond production fell in the second quarter ended June 30 by 11% to 7.2 million carats largely due to market conditions and a focus on planned maintenance and waste stripping while De Beers, in which Anglo…


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