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Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Louis Dreyfus to litigate against Baja Mining
Nearly two months after Baja Mining (BAJ-T, BAJFF-O) initially disclosed cost overruns of US$246 million at its Boleo copper-cobalt-zinc project in Baja California Sur, Mexico, one of the company’s largest shareholders, Louis Dreyfus…
Chile, Peru must meet energy challenges as mining booms
VANCOUVER — The Andean nations of Chile and Peru are firmly established as the top copper producing locales in the world. Chile holds the number one spot with annual production clocking in at roughly 4.9 million tonnes, while Peru sits in…
Edgewater secures $120M financing for Corcoesto
VANCOUVER — Edgewater Exploration (EDW-V) has secured in principle a $120 million debt financing for its flagship Corcoesto gold project in Spain as it moves the project towards production.
Semafo hits new gold zone in Niger
Taking a look at the old data has lead to a new discovery for Semafo (SMF-T).
Silver Predator’s Taylor project doesn’t disappoint
Results from the first fourteen of twenty-five drill holes from its 2012 exploration program at its flagship Taylor project in Nevada sent shares of Silver Predator (SPD-T) up 35% to 25¢ a share on 7,300 shares traded.
Banks Island looks at Red Mountain’s short-term potential
VANCOUVER — Banks Island Gold (BOZ-V) has set out the financial potential of the Red Mountain project in northern British Columbia that it recently optioned into.
Venture down in June 11-15 period
VANCOUVER — The S&P TSX Venture Composite Index dropped 41.91 points after four days of losses outweighed one day of gains in the June 11-15 period, ending at 1,251.02 points. Volume was also down for most of the period, but a spike…
TSX falls on weak economic data
While the TSX Composite Index was down 68 points to 11,524.90 for the June 11 to 15 period it could have been much worse.
U.S. markets move higher, June 11-15
U.S. factory output contracted in May for the second time in three months and consumer prices fell 0.3 percent, but news late in the week that major central banks were prepared to take collective action to provide liquidity and prevent a credit…
Mawson hits 6 metres of 617 grams gold in Finland
Mawson Resources’ (MAW-T) share price has spiked after the company released a bonanza-grade drill intercept from its Rompas gold property in northern Finland.Standout hole 11 returned 6 metres grading 617 grams gold per tonne uncut…
Mineral Mountain strikes deal with Holy Terror
Mineral Mountain Resources (MMV-V) is betting that the legendary Homestake gold belt has some life left in it.The company has signed an option agreement to earn up to 75% of a property held by the privately owned and 120-year-old Holy…