Articles by Northern Miner Staff



Miners haul rock out of Farallon Mining's G-9 zinc mine in southwest Mexico. It has been in production since 2009.

Nyrstar offers $409M for Farallon

VANCOUVER — Emerging producer Farallon Mining (FAN-T) has agreed to a friendly takeover bid by zinc giant Nyrstar in an all-cash deal valued at $409 million fully diluted.


Eike still likes gold (November 29, 2010)

While Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista has swelled his fortune on Brazilian offshore oil over the last five years, he still has an appetite for the commodity that helped propel him to fame and fortu…


K+S bids $434M for Potash One

VANCOUVER — A $434-million takeover bid for Potash One (KCL-T) from German fertilizer giant K+S Aktiengesellschaft is evidence that the failure of Australian giant BHP Billiton’s (BHP-N) US$39- billi…


INTERNATIONAL QUOTES (November 29, 2010)

INTERNATIONAL QUOTES Australia (A$) Aug 24 Aug 17 Change Aquila Resources 8.3 8.69 -0.39 Bendigo Mining 0.18 0.18 0.00 Centennial Coal 6.03 6.04 -0.01 Fortescue Res 4.50 …


Glencore invests in PolyMet

VANCOUVER — PolyMet Mining (POM-T, PLM-X) is offering to sell US$30 million worth of shares to Glencore International as it works towards securing final permitting of its NorthMet open-pit polymetall…


Allied Gold's Simberi gold mine in the Tabar Islands group, 60 km from Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea.

Allied Gold plans growth in PNG

VANCOUVER — Allied Gold (ALG-T, ALD-A) has big plans for its Simberi gold mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG) — the company has embarked on an expansion of the mine’s oxide processing unit and now a pref…


Drillers at Tahoe Resources' Escobal silver project in Guatemala, 70 kilometres southeast of Guatemala City.

Tahoe flaunts Escobal in Guatemala

Led by Kevin McArthur, a former CEO of Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) and Glamis Gold, Tahoe Resources (THO-T) hopes to position itself as a new leader in the silver business on the back of the recently acquired and newly discovered Escobal silver…


Kimberlite source elusive at Chesterfield Inlet

Shear Minerals (SRM-V) wrapped up this year’s exploration program on the Chesterfield Inlet diamond project in Nunavut still seeking the source of some promising indicator mineral anomalies and kimberlite float occurrences.With the objective…


Western Troy's team at the Deborah Lake copper-gold project.

Agnico-Eagle invests $1M in Western Troy

Western Troy Capital Resources (WRY-V) is looking to raise $3.5 million on the back of a new copper-gold discovery at Deborah Lake, near Schefferville in northeastern Quebec.



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