Mining Markets : Headline News

Brent Cook sees opportunity in junior market rout

Mining Markets — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:15:00 EST

Last year was pretty ugly for junior mining investors. Even Brent Cook, editor of the newsletter Exploration Insights and a geologist with over 30 years of experience in the field, couldn't buck the general market downtrend. He ended the... [Full Story]

Orezone upsizes Bombor� drill program

Mining Markets — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:00:00 EST

Orezone Gold (ORE-T) plans to drill another 45,000 metres at its Bomboré gold project, in Burkina Faso, making its 170,000-metre drilling program even bigger. [Full Story]

SilverCrest posts initial La Joya resource

Mining Markets — Thu, 5 Jan 2012 16:45:00 EST

After drilling more than 27 holes on its La Joya property in Durango state, Mexico, last year, SilverCrest Mines (SVL-V) has released an initial inferred resource estimate totalling 100 milion silver-equivalent oz. [Full Story]

Will Quebec's Plan Nord boost its cachet as a jurisdiction of choice?

Mining Markets — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:01:00 EST

It's probably safe to say that no one is happier about Plan Nord -- Quebec's 25-year plan to stimulate investment in the province's vast northern reaches -- than André Gaumond. [Full Story]

Stock picks for the new year

Mining Markets — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:19:00 EST

With a tumultuous 2011 coming to a close, Northern Miner staff writer Anthony Vaccaro assembled a panel of industry experts for their take on what 2012 will bring for the markets, commodities prices, and their favourite stocks. On our panel is:... [Full Story]

Peregrine to buy BHP's stake in Chidliak for $9M

Mining Markets — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:30:00 EST

Less than a month after mining giant BHP Billiton (BLT-L, BHP-A) announced it was reviewing its 80% ownership of the Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories and its 51% interest in the Chidliak diamond project in Nunavut, it has reached... [Full Story]

Gold junior Richmont Mines on the cusp of transformation

Mining Markets — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:35:00 EST

Having been only eight years old when his father, Jean-Guy Rivard, started Richmont Mines (RIC-T, RIC-X) in 1981, Martin Rivard spent most of his childhood hearing about the trials and tribulations of junior mining at the dinner table. [Full Story]

Labrador Inuit lift ban on uranium development

Mining Markets — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:53:00 EST

The Nunatsiavut Labrador Inuit government has unanimously voted to lift a moratorium on uranium mining that it narrowly approved in an 8-7 vote three years ago. [Full Story]

The Point Lake 'epiphany'

Mining Markets — Thu, 8 Dec 2011 15:29:00 EST

On Nov. 6, 1991, the latest edition of The Northern Miner was on its way to bed when our fax machine spit out one page of seemingly unremarkable news: an obscure junior called Dia Met Minerals had discovered small diamonds somewhere in the... [Full Story]

An alternative narrative for gold and silver

Mining Markets — Wed, 7 Dec 2011 11:02:00 EST

Gold and silver companies, be they producers or ounce-in-the-ground developers, have lagged the recent rise in gold and silver bullion prices to record levels, confounding expectations of a long-awaited precious metals equity market boom.... [Full Story]