Bralorne hits high grade gold in BC
Vancouver – Bralorne Gold Mines (BPM-V) has hit very high grade gold at its eponymous mine near Gold Bridge, British Columbia.
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Claude spices its offer for St. Eugene
Claude Resources (CRJ-T, CGR-X) has sweetened its all-share proposal for St. Eugene Mining (SEM-V).
Silvercorp rallies on audit findings
Vancouver – Silvercorp Metals (SVM-T, SVM-N) looks to have been vindicated of fraud allegations in a forensic audit, leading to a sharp recovery in its share price.
Karnalyte Resources receives positive feasibility
A feasibility study for the Wynyard Carnallite potash project in central Saskatchewan sent shares of Karnalyte Resources (KRN-T) up to a new fifty-two week high yesterday of $17.50 apiece before closing at $17.15, a gain of 71¢ or…
Venture recovery stumbles in Oct. 17-21 period
Vancouver – The recent market rebound at least temporarily stalled in the October 17 to 21 period as the S&P TSX Venture Composite Index lost 24.7 points to end at 1,532.91 points. Volume was roughly in line with recent weeks at an average…
Who knew there was gold in Chapleau?
In the 11 years David Palmer has spent working in remote, infrastructure-challenged corners of northern Ontario and Quebec, the geologist has never had the luxury of stepping out of his hotel and being on-site within 15 minutes. Until Borden…
Canadian Mining Hall of Fame to honour five new inductees
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, of which The Northern Miner is a sponsor, will welcome five new inductees at its twenty-fourth annual induction dinner on Jan. 12, 2012, at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto. The new inductees are Ned…
Orbite Aluminae hits another milestone
Montreal-based Orbite Aluminae (ORT-T) (previously named “Exploration Orbite”) has been given the go-ahead to extract a bulk sample of up to 3,000 tonnes of aluminous clay over the next year from its Grande-Vallée claystone deposit in…
New Gold goes all-in at Blackwater
New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-X) has put pen to paper with two B.C.-focused junior gold explorers holding land near the company’s most recent acquisition, the Blackwater gold-silver project, located 150 km southwest of Prince George.
Obituary: Ken Wright: taking a Detour to success
Ken Wright had three passions: his family, metallurgy and his pipe.
Sabina finding deeper mineralization at Goose claims
Sabina Gold & Silver (SBB-T) continues to churn out drill results as it works towards resource updates and a scoping study for its Back River project in Nunavut.
Hard Creek’s new Turnagain PEA cuts capex by $1.6B
Vancouver – Metallurgical advancements have led Hard Creek Nickel (HNC-T) to release a new preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its flagship Turnagain nickel project in northwestern British Columbia. Despite the PEA being the company’s…