Articles by Northern Miner Staff

TSX Venture loses ground, Sept. 2-5

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite took a step back during the shortened trading period, as it lost 2.8%, or 29.1 points, en route to a 994.89-point weekly close. Precious metal and commodity futures were on the decline, and Statistics Canada…



Weakness dominates TSX, Sept. 2-5

The holiday-shortened trading week saw the S&P/TSX Composite Index fall 55.81 points, or 0.4%, to 15,569.92, and the S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index drop 2.01 points, or 0.2%, to 877.98. The S&P/TSX Global Gold…


A drill site at Corvus Gold's North Bullfrog gold project, 15 km north of Beatty, Nevada. Credit: Corvus Gold

Corvus uncovers high-grade zone at North Bullfrog

VANCOUVER — It’s been a bountiful year for explorer Corvus Gold (TSX: KOR) at its North Bullfrog project, 15 km north of Beatty, Nev. The company is in the midst of a 20,000-metre drill program at the site, and has kept a strong…



Mining personnel explore Kaminak Gold's Coffee project in the Yukon. Credit: Kaminak Gold

Kaminak discovers gold zone at Coffee

It’s been a brutal year for many companies in the mining sector, but 2014 is turning out to be pretty good for debt-free junior explorer Kaminak Gold (TSXV: KAM; US-OTC: KMKGF).


US stocks march higher, Sept. 2-5

U.S. equities ended the week on a positive note, despite a weak jobs report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 39 points to 17,137.36, while the S&P 500 Index added 4 points to 2,007.71. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite…



A haul truck at Dominion Diamond's 80%-owned Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories. Credit: Dominion Diamond

Dominion Diamond shines with Q2 profits of US$27M

Dominion Diamond (TSX: DDC; NYSE: DDC) says its 80%-held Ekati mine and 40%-held Diavik mine in the Northwest Territories performed “exceptionally well” in the second fiscal quarter of 2015, with rough diamond production and sales…


Injection wells at Curis Resources' wholly owned Florence in situ copper project beside the town of Florence in south-central Arizona. Credit: Curis Resources

Taseko to buy Curis

B.C. copper miner Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE-MKT: TGB) has tabled a friendly, all-share bid for Vancouver-based junior copper developer Curis Resources (TSX: CUV; US-OTC: PCCRF) and its wholly owned Florence in situ copper project beside the…



Correction

In the story “Rare Element sees ‘significant change’ in REE markets” (T.N.M., Sept. 8–14/14), the net present value of the Bear Lodge project was incorrectly expressed in billions instead of millions. In fact, Bear…


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