Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Panoramic launches hostile bid for Magma Metals
An unsolicited takeover bid for Magma Metals (MMW-V, MMW-A) by Australia’s Panoramic Resources (PAN-A) sent Magma’s shares in Toronto up 76.5% to close at 15¢ on Feb. 3, with nearly three million shares changing hands.
U.S markets rally on brighter economic picture
The bulls continued to have their way in U.S. markets over the Jan. 30 to Feb. 3 period as a strong jobs report combined with continued signs a strengthening U.S. economy to lift the Dow Jones Industrial Average to heights not seen since before…
TSX gains for seventh straight week
The S&P/TSX Composite Index closed the Jan. 30-Feb. 3 trading period at 12,577.28 points, a 110.78-point gain, marking its seventh consecutive weekly advance.
Venture sees steady gains throughout January
Vancouver – The S&P TSX Venture Composite Index continued its steady January climb into early February, finishing the January 30 to February 3 period up 36.2 points at 1,665.11 points. The gains put the index back to a level not seen since…
Entourage gets first sniff of high-grade gold near Hemlo
Entourage Metals (EMT-V) has added a second drill rig to its Black Raven gold prospect in the Schreiber-Hemlo greenstone belt of northern Ontario following encouraging first-pass drill results.
Calibre and B2Gold hit long gold intercepts in Nicaragua
Calibre Mining’s (CXB-V) share price jumped to 50¢ from 19¢ with 42.5 million shares traded over two days after it announced three long gold-copper intercepts from its Primavera prospect in northeastern Nicaragua. B2 Gold (BTO-T)…
Editorial: Another death at Vale’s Sudbury mines
The month of January closed out with Vale having temporarily halted all underground mining at its five nickel mines in Sudbury, Ont., following the death of a miner at the Coleman mine on Jan. 29.
Commentary: Integrating geophysics and geology
There always has been, and still is, a problem integrating geophysics into geology.
Rex Murphy gives pep talk at Roundup
The 29th annual Association for Mineral Exploration BC Roundup conference wrapped up in Vancouver with a record 8,320 delegates in attendance.
Detour secures funds to build mine
Detour Gold (DGC-T) is raising $240 million in equity to finish building its Detour Lake mine near Cochrane, Ont., in hopes of becoming “Canada’s largest gold mining operation,” states the company’s president and CEO, Gerald Panneton, in a…
Roundup highlights new discoveries in BC, Yukon and Alaska
With the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia celebrating its 100th anniversary at this year’s Mineral Exploration Roundup in Vancouver, it was only fitting that most of the projects highlighted in the Tuesday sessions had long…