Short Position Report
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Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Golden results for Cayden in first El Barqueno drilling
VANCOUVER – Cayden Resources (TSXV: CYD) is wrapping up its first drill program at the El Barqueno project in Mexico and 24 of the first 25 holes hit gold.
Impact’s drills unearth more high-grade in Zacualpan
VANCOUVER — For emerging producer Impact Silver (TSXV: IPT) short-term exploration success remains an integral ingredient in its business strategy. The company currently operates the 500-tonnes-per-day Guadalupe production centre in…
True Gold takes another step at Karma
True Gold Mining(TSXV: TGM) is closer to making its Karma project in Burkina Faso into a mine.
Coro to sell 70% stake in Argentina copper-gold project
Two private companies, one based in Russia and the other in the Ukraine, have signed an agreement with Coro Mining (TSX: COP; US-OTC: CROJF) to buy 70% of its wholly owned San Jorge copper–gold project in Mendoza, a province in Argentina…
Iamgold options into Solvista Gold’s Caramanta project
Shares of Solvista Gold (TSXV: SVV) rose 31% after Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) signed an option agreement for the junior’s Caramanta gold project in Colombia.
Defiance drops mill option to advance San Acacio
With a dwindling cash reserve, Defiance Silver (TSXV: DEF; US-OTC: DNCVF) had to choose between optioning into a mine or a mill, and swiftly chose the former last December.
Guest editorial: A heap of trouble for the junior sector
A pillar of the Toronto mining community, Ed Thompson kicked off the new year by resigning from his many directorships in junior mining companies. As he tells The Northern Miner, part of the reason for doing so all at once was that he was…
Champion and Cartier complete Penguin Lake resource
Champion Iron Mines (TSX: CHM; US-OTC: CPMNF) has increased the historic resource at its Penguin Lake iron project tenfold in the southern portion of the Labrador Trough, 110 km southwest of the town of Fermont.
Sherritt sells all its coal mines to Westmoreland, Altius
Sherritt International (TSX: S) is firming up its balance sheet and putting itself in a position to take advantage of perceived low prices for non-coal mining assets.
Metals, mining and money markets
Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, January 7, 2014Precious MetalsPrice…
U.S. markets, Dec. 27-Jan. 3
U.S. equities slipped during the holiday-shortened trading week, but ended 2013 on a positive note.