Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Macquarie reviews 2013 metal prices

Analysts at Macquarie Commodities Research in London and Beijing have totted-up the final numbers for 2013 and conclude in a research note published Jan. 2 that of all the precious and base metals, palladium posted the largest year-on-year…


Gold solution draining from the bottom of a heap into a pregnant-solution trench, at Banro's new Namoya gold mine in the DRC in December 2013. Credit: Banro.

Banro pours first gold at Namoya

Despite delays and two separate downward revisions to its gold production target at Namoya this year, Banro Corp. (TSX: BAA; NYSE: BAA) managed to pour the first gold at its newest mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Dec. 30.




Argonaut Gold wraps up Magino study

Argonaut Gold (TSX: AR; US-OTC: ARNGF) has completed a prefeasibility study (PFS) based on 40% of a 2013 resource estimate for its Magino property, 40 km northeast of Wawa, Ont. The PFS excludes underground and surface drilling data prior to…


Toronto Stock Exchange, Dec. 16-20

The S&P/TSX Composite Index jumped 273.90 points, or 2%, to 13,399.60 during the  trading week after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it would trim its monthly bond-buying program by US$10 billion to US$75 billion, starting in January….


Besra pushes to production in Malaysia

VANCOUVER — Besra Gold (TSX: BEZ) is laying the groundwork for its third gold mine with a feasibility study for a first stage of development at its Bau project in East Malaysia.



TSX Venture Exchange, Dec. 16-20

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index dropped 6.29 points during the trading sessions en route to closing at 888.18. Markets reacted positively late in the trading period after the U.S. Federal Reserve opted to modestly cut its bond-buying…


Workers at a drill site at True Gold Mining's Karma gold project in Burkina Faso. Credit: True Gold Mining

Mark O’Dea’s True Gold proves Karma’s potential

VANCOUVER — True Gold Mining (US-OTC: RVREF) can turn its Karma gold project in Burkina Faso into an open-pit heap leach mine generating strong returns for just US$131.5 million, according to a new feasibility study.



U.S. markets, Dec. 16-20

American markets continued their historic march for the period, with year-end selling not yet taking hold. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 462 points to 16,221.14 points, The S&P 500 was up 41 points to 1,818.32 and the Nasdaq…


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