Articles by Northern Miner Staff


The third super-cycle is here, says Standard Chartered

The first super-cycle took place during the second half of the nineteenth century from 1870-1913 and the second followed the Second World War until the early 1970s. Now the third super-cycle is upon us, Standard Chartered Bank outlines in…


MDN looks north in Tanzania

The latest drill results from MDN’s (MDN-T) Ikungu gold property in Tanzania show the company to be following through on its goal of proving up mineralization at depth. The latest assays come from four holes that are part of its ongoing 13…


Venture edges down slightly Nov. 8-12

Vancouver – A long streak of upward momentum on the S&P TSX Venture stalled slightly in the Nov. 8-12 week, with two days of losses edging out three days of gains to have the board end down 1.82 points at 2007.09. Volume was still high at…



High grade hits at Long Canyon for Fronteer

Vancouver – Fronteer Gold’s (FRG-T) Long Canyon project in Nevada is churning out long, high-grade gold intercepts at six drill rigs work to complete a 70,000-metre drill program in the run-up to an initial economic assessment.


Jayden pulls high grade at Silver Coin (November 15, 2010)

Vancouver – When results from the first five holes of a drill program include such intercepts as 40.6 metres grading 3.12 grams gold per tonne and 55 metres grading 8.42 grams gold, the program can be labelled a success even before it is half…


Caterpillar set to buy Bucyrus (November 15, 2010)

Caterpillar Inc. (CAT-N), the world’s largest maker of construction and mining equipment, has agreed to buy Bucyrus International (BUCY-Q) in a deal worth US$8.6 billion (including debt) or US$7.6 billion in aggregate. 


TSX slides in the Nov. 8-12 trading week

The TSX composite index fell 175.87 points or 1.4% to finish the Nov. 8-12 trading week at 12,749.24, while the Capped Metals & Mining index slid 48.02 points or 3.62% to close at 1,280.02. One hundred and forty-two companies reached new…



Leaning against a rig at Lithium Americas' flagship Cauchari project in northern Argentina, from left: president and CEO Waldo Perez and vice-president of exploration John W. Kieley.

Lithium Americas steps up Cauchari

SITE VISIT SUSQUES, JUJUY PROVINCE, ARGENTINA ARGENTINA — What once was overlooked as a clay basin is now set to become one of the largest lithium brine deposits in the world by 2014.Lithium Americas’ (LAC-T) flagship Cauchari project…


Drillers work at the Escondida vein at Extorre's Cerro Moro gold project.

Extorre Gold advances Cerro Moro

VANCOUVER — For years the Cerro Moro gold-silver project in Argentina’s Santa Cruz province played second-fiddle to Exeter Resource’s (XRC-T, XRA-X) sizable Caspiche gold project in Chile, but the project is now advancing quickly as the prime…


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