Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Coeur Mining bought the Wharf gold mine (shown) in South Dakota from Goldcorp in early 2015 for US$105 million. Credit: Coeur Mining

A sobering look at gold M&A since 2010

Raymond James analyst Phil Russo has reviewed 67 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the gold space since 2010 to determine how many are viable producing, developing and streaming deals. He has found that 40% of transactions would not recoup…




US stocks slip, Dec. 11-17

U.S. equities closed lower, despite receiving a boost after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5% to 17,495.84, while the S&P 500 Index lost 0.5% to close at 2,041.89. The Nasdaq dipped 0.8%…







Tesla Motors   has signed a conditional agreement with joint-venture partners Bacanora Minerals   and Rare Earth Minerals    to secure long-term resources from the juniors' Sonora Lithium project, 180 km northeast of Hermosillo in northern Mexico's Sonora state. Credit: Bacanora Minerals

Patricia Mohr names lithium as one of top picks for 2016

Most mined commodities declined in price this year, but spot prices in China for lithium carbonate actually increased, rising 15% year-on-year to as high as US$7,500 per tonne, making it one of Patricia Mohr’s top picks for 2016.


NGEx Resources' Filo del Sol silver-copper-gold exploration project in western Argentina's San Juan province, 140 km southeast of the city of Copiapo, Chile.Credit:  NGEx Resources

Blue sky for NGEx at Filo del Sol

NGEx Resources (TSX: NGQ; US-OTC: NGQRF) has bulked up the resource at its Filo del Sol silver-copper-gold deposit, located in Argentina’s San Juan province, and is taking a step back to evaluate how to expand the epithermal system’s…



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