Commentary: Hong Kong Exchange’s new rules for miners
Hong Kong, China — Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. has published its Consultation Conclusions on N…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Banro ships gold plant from Australia to DRC
Banro Corp. (BAA-T, BAA-X) says it is on schedule to finish building its Twangiza gold mine in the Democratic …
Prophecy fulfilling goals
Vancouver – The assets continue to pile up at Prophecy Resource (PCY-V, PRPCF-Q) with another proposed friendl…
Back Forty shows strength for Aquila, HudBay (June 15, 2010)
Vancouver – The Back Forty deposit in Michigan is flexing its volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) muscles fo…
Argentex discovers new silver-gold zone at Pinguino in Argentina
The Tranquillo Trend, a northwest regional feature that crosscuts 11 km of Argentex Mining’s (ATX-V, AGXM-O) P…
Cliffs goes after Spider to get Big Daddy
Iron ore and coal giant Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N) has raised its offer for Spider Resources (SPQ-V) by …
Aurizon reads between the mines
Vancouver – With two underground gold deposits already being mined at the Casa Berardi project in northwestern…
Avalon Rare Metals up on updated resource estimate
Shares of Avalon Rare Metals (AVL-T, AVARF-O) shot up 11.2% or 23¢ apiece to close at $2.28 on news that …
Venture board has hard week
Vancouver – The second week of June did not start well for the S&P TSX Venture Composite Index, which fell…
US markets seesawed in June 7-11 trading
Comments from the World Bank that a double-dip recession cannot be ruled out and nagging worries about the deb…
TSX finishes June 8-14 period higher
The return of investor confidence over global recovery had the TSX Composite Index finishing the June 8-14 per…
Fortuna falls on positive San Jose prefeasibility (June 14, 2010)
VANCOUVER — A prefeasibility study for the San Jose silver-gold project in Mexico’s Oaxaca state found it could support an underground mining operation producing 20.4 million oz. silver and 163,000 o…