Articles by Northern Miner Staff



TSX Venture Exchange (February 14, 2011)

The S&P-TSX Venture composite index posted robust gains in the Jan. 31-Feb. 4 trading week, surging 354.27 points to close at 13,791.85. Some 128 juniors reached new 52-week highs, while the number of companies sinking to new lows climbed…







A wolframite sample from Malaga's Pasto Bueno tungsten mine in Peru. Photo by Grard Tournebize

The case for tungsten

While gold, silver, copper and rare earths have been drawing much of the markets’ attention in the metals space recently, another metal has been quietly gathering steam.



From left: geologists Chris Pederson and Martin Heiligmann inspecting core at Avalon Rare Metals' Nechalacho rare-earth project in Thor Lake, N.W.T. Photo by Avalon Rare Metals

Avalon bulks up Nechalacho

Avalon Rare Metals (AVL-T, AVL-X) has added significantly to the indicated and inferred resources at its Nechalacho rare earth elements (REE) deposit in the Northwest Territories after a summer of drilling.



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