A Few Literary Picks For The Holidays
In our second instalment of Reader’s Corner, 11 chief executives have kindly agreed to share with us their two favourite books of the last decade (and in some cases of all time) and titles they have r…
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Editorial: Osisko trio our Mining Persons Of The Year for 2009
The Northern Miner’s Mining Persons of the Year for 2009 are Osisko Mining’s president and CEO Sean Roosen, vice-president of corporate development John Burzynski, and executive vice-president and chi…
Thick, Copper-Rich Intercepts For Sunridge At Debarwa
Sunridge Gold’s (SGC-V) latest results from Eritrea show the company to be off to a stellar start on its 2009 drill campaign.
Endeavour Silver To Acquire More Ground In Mexico
With record prices for gold continuing to lift those of other precious metals, silver has hit a 16-month peak of US$18.83 per oz. and it seems like companies such as Endeavour Silver (EDR-T, EXK-X) ar…
Iberian Weathers Tough Quarter
An onerous hedge book was mainly to blame for Iberian Minerals’ (IZN-V) wide swing from profitability to loss in the third quarter, but it wasn’t the only alarming news.
Goldrush Cuts Ties With High River
Goldrush Resources (GOD-V) is calling it a day with High River Gold Mines (HRG-T).
Royal Gold Starts A Royalty Rumble
Royal Gold (RGL-T, RGLD-Q) has signed a friendly deal to acquire International Royalty (IRC-T, ROY-X) for $749 million in cash and shares, outdoing a $640-million all-cash hostile bid by Franco- Nevad…
Osisko Boosts Canadian Malartic Resource
VANCOUVER– With development on track at the Canadian Malartic project, a brimming treasury, and two new joint-venture exploration agreements, Osisko Mining (OSK-T, OSKFF-O) is ending 2009 on a high n…
Argentex Advancing New Deposit Type For Deseado Massif
SITE VISIT COMODORO RIVADAVIA, SANTA CRUZ, ARGENTINA — In Argentina’s most prolific mining province, Santa Cruz, within the geological region known as the Deseado Massif,…
Century secures funding to move Lamaque forward
Century Mining (CMM-V, CMNZF-O) has now signed a prepaid gold forward agreement and equity financing that will…
Nevsun says impact of UN sanctions against Eritrea unknown
It is unclear whether a United Nations Security Council decision to impose sanctions against Eritrea will affe…
Canplats: Penmont bid superior to Goldcorp’s
Vancouver – Setting off a bidding war, Minera Penmont, a company jointly owned by Fresnillo (FNLPF-O, FRES-L) …