Worldwide nonferrous exploration budgets rise
The following is from the Metals Economics Group’s 21st Corporate Exploration Strategies study.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
TNM Mining Persons of the Year: Ryan, Wood renew Yukon gold rush
Fourteen years ago Shawn Ryan and Cathy Wood were tromping around British Columbia, picking wild mushrooms. They loved the lifestyle, in large part because of its gold rush-style mentality: “You’d hav…
Oyu Tolgoi back on track with Ivanhoe-Rio deal (December 20, 2010)
VANCOUVER — The Oyu Tolgoi partners have signed a deal that gives Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) access to as much as US$6.5 billion to keep construction on track while giving Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) an incr…
Rival royalty firms to merge (December 20, 2010)
Franco-Nevada (FNV-T), the world’s largest resource royalty company with interests in gold, oil and gas, is beefing up its precious metals portfolio through a friendly takeover of Gold Wheaton Gold Co…
Roughrider East delivers for Hathor
Now that all assay results have been received from its summer drill program on the Midwest Northeast uranium property in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca basin, Hathor Exploration (HAT-V) believes the Roughri…
Ratel Gold to be King-king maker
VANCOUVER — For the second time this year, CGA Mining (CGA-T, CGX-A) is spinning off its African assets to focus on the Philippines.
Monument makes it happen in Malaysia
SITE VISIT KUALA LIPIS, MALAYSIA — True believers will persevere in the face of adversity. When the believers are mine builders, the recession of 2008-09…
New Loz Azules PEA lifts Minera Andes
Vancouver – Metal prices can make or break a project, and in the case of Minera Andes’ (MAI-T) Los Azules project a stronger copper price has dramatically increased the potential mine’s value.
Technical Analysis Report: Platinum looks good
In this edition of The Technical Analysis Report we re-visit the Commitments of Traders (COT) report, supplied by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to see if any metals appear ready to make a significant move.
Paladin Energy to buy Aurora Energy’s uranium assets
The current moratorium on uranium mining in Newfoundland and Labrador isn’t deterring Australia’s Paladin Energy (PDN-T, PDN-A) from buying the uranium assets of Aurora Energy Resources in the Canadian province in an all-share deal worth $260.9…
Creston boosts NPV at El Creston (December 17, 2010)
Vancouver – A year of drilling and metallurgical work has given Creston Moly (CMS-V) a big bump in the net present value for its El Creston molybdenum deposit in Mexico.
Altius strikes Newfoundland exploration alliance with Cliffs
Well respected for its project generation work in Newfoundland and Labrador, Altius Minerals (als-t) has entered into a strategic exploration alliance with Cliffs Natural Resources (clf-n) covering ferro alloy metals within specific areas of…