Short Position Report
Short positions outstanding at Mar. 31/14 (with changes from Mar. 15/14).
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
CB Gold outlines small gold-silver resource at Vetas
It’s been a tumultuous six months for Colombia-focused explorer CB Gold (TSX: CBJ; US-OTC: CBHDF) and its Vetas gold project 325 km due northeast of Bogotá. The company saw former president and director Giles Baynham depart in late…
Bullman Minerals completes first resource in Guinea
Bullman Minerals (TSXV: FUL) believes it’s off to a good start in West Africa where it has two projects on the Birimian Gold Belt in northeastern Guinea.
Editorial: Barrick rejigs exec pay
Businessman and Bay Street veteran Peter Crossgrove, the one-time Placer Dome CEO and long-time Barrick Gold director, published his memoirs last year, and it makes for some lively and insightful reading, especially in light of Barrick’s…
TerraX Minerals explores for gold north of Giant mine in Yellowknife
A little over a year ago, TerraX Minerals (TSXV: TXR; US-OTC: TRXXF) acquired the Northbelt gold property, just north of the past-producing Giant mine and 15 km north of the city of Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
Uranium Energy gets US$10M cash injection
Texas-based Uranium Energy (NYSE-MKT: UEC) has drawn down another US$10 million from its previously announced US$20-million credit facility, after its lenders agreed to defer the required principal payments by two years, providing the company…
Why building a mine on budget is so rare
There is an established history of capital-cost overruns in the mining industry stretching back at least 50 years, mining analyst Christopher Haubrich told the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference in Toronto in…
Victoria Gold’s mission: Build Yukon’s first major gold mine
MAYO, YUKON — To prospectors, Yukon and gold are almost synonymous, an equivalence the territory earned by churning out 20 million oz. placer gold. It is odd to think, then, that Yukon has never been home to a significant hard-rock gold…
PE firm Denham Capital takes people-first approach
Private equity firm Denham Capital has invested in four mining ventures in South America and Africa since 2008, and is close to signing a fifth deal, this one with a team in Australia.
Yamana to partner up with Osisko, outbids Goldcorp
Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK; US-OTC: OSKFF) has worked out a deal with Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) to retain control of its Quebec-based Canadian Malartic gold mine while trumping Goldcorp’s (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) hostile bid.
Ivanhoe unveils Platreef PEA as drills hit Ga-Madiba
VANCOUVER — Robert Friedland’s Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) is sitting on an impressive platinum group metals (PGM) resource at its Platreef property, situated 280 km northeast of Johannesburg, South Africa,. And the…
Metals, mining and money markets
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