Killing the goose that lays the golden eggs?
Chief executives in the mining industry told PricewaterhouseCoopers in a recent survey that they feared cash-s…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
KWG and Spider plan merger following Cliffs’ hostile bid
Juniors KWG Resources (KWG-V) and Spider Resources (SPQ-V) are planning to merge in an attempt fight off a pai…
Canadian Shield completes resource on Colpayoc in Peru
Canadian Shield Resources (EXP-V) has completed a maiden resource estimate on its Colpayoc gold proj…
Exeter pulls long gold intercepts at Caspiche (May 25, 2010)
Vancouver – Exeter Resource (XRC-T, XRA-X, EXB-F) has cut very long gold intercepts that expand the main miner…
Cliffs goes after majority stake in Big Daddy
Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N) has made separate but similar cash offers to acquire KWG Resources (KWG-V) an…
East Asia Minerals extends Miwah Main zone to the West
Drilling at the Miwah project in Indonesia’s Aceh province in northern Sumatra has extended gold mineralizatio…
Western Copper permit denial raises questions about Yukon’s permitting process
VANCOUVER–The Carmacks copper project in the Yukon looked primed for development, with owner Western Copper (WRN-T) awaiting just one permit. But now that permit has been denied, after the territoria…
Buenaventura, Gold Fields make major gold discovery in Peru (May 24, 2010)
Just 18 months after drilling their first hole, joint-venture partners Minas Buenaventura (BVN-N) and Gold Fields (GFI-Q , GFI-J, GFI-D) have discovered a major gold-copper- silver deposit of 5.6 mill…
Canadian coal juniors gear up in the US
Recently, five Canadian coal juniors have acquired coal properties in the United States or are ramping up development work there.
Taseko gets US$350M to finance Prosperity
VANCOUVER — Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) has signed a gold-stream agreement with Franco- Nevada (FNV-T) that will help finance the development of the junior’s Prosperity gold-copper project near Willi…
Barrick boasts record Q1 profit
Higher production and sales, lower cash costs and strong gold and copper prices pushed up Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) adjusted first quarter net income by 149% to US$741 million (US75¢ per shar…
Sabina discovers new gold zone at Back River (May 24, 2010)
VANCOUVER — Llama Lake started 2010 as a low-priority exploration target for Sabina Gold & Silver (SBB-T) but has now become the prime focus of drilling after the company pulled high-grade gold i…