Medoro Moves Ahead At Marmato 'Golden' Mountain 
Now that Medoro Resources (MRS-V) has compiled resource estimates for its three newly acquired projects in the Marmato Mountain gold district in Caldas state, Colombia, the company plans to expand and upgrade resources and then add them all...

Finland's Many Virtues Lure Canadian Miners 
In late December 2001, Inmet Mining (IMN-T) announced that it would acquire 100% of the Pyhäsalmi underground copper and zinc mine in central Finland for about 60 million euros (US$83 million). The transaction was completed in early 2002...

Defining Mining In Eritrea 
SITE VISIT ASMARA, ERITREA -- Despite brimming with geologic promise because of its location within the prolific Arabian-Nubian Shield, Eritrea has remained underexplored for years. Continued violence and turmoil in the young nation left the...

Magma Adds The Ounces At Thunder Bay North 
The Thunder Bay North nickel-copper- platinum group metals (PGM) project in northwestern Ontario is a greenfields success story, and one of a series of higher-grade, base metal-PGM discoveries in the mid-continental rift region that wraps...

How High Will Gold Prices Go This Year? 
With the global economic recovery still facing strong headwinds, The Northern Miner surveyed six metals experts on where they think gold prices are headed this year and next, and why. John Embry, chief metals strategist at Sprott Asset...

Base Metals And 'Mineral Deposits That Matter' 
VANCOUVER -- Tough economic times and reduced access to capital will force companies to narrow their exploration efforts on "best-of-breed" mineral deposits, commodity experts told delegates at Roundup 2010, a recent conference sponsored by the...

Marathon Gears Up For Mining 
SITE VISIT MARATHON, ONT. -- Named after a paper mill company that created jobs and sparked a population boom about 65 years ago, Marathon is now a town dwindling in size with a hurting economy. Marathon Pulp shut suddenly last year putting...

Labrador Iron Mines Gets Provincial OK 
VANCOUVER -- Labrador Iron Mines Holding's (LIM-T) is well on its way to opening a direct-shipping iron ore (DSO) mine near Schefferville, Que., Newfoundland and Labrador, The provincial cabinet has now given the project final environmental...

Coal And Copper Boost BC 
Mining has been an integral part of British Columbia's economy for more than 150 years. The industry was a strong performer again in 2009 with value of solid mineral production of about $5.7 billion from eight metal mines, nine coal mines and...

White Gold District Lures Juniors 
With the price of gold breaking the US$1,000-per-oz. mark, and the gradual upward trend of gold prices since April last year, the search for new gold targets in Yukon became an increasingly attractive activity during the 2009 exploration...

Gold Keeps Ontario Aloft 
Ontario is a world-ranked producer of many minerals, with a rich mining history spanning more than a century. Over that time, total metal production in the province has exceeded $363 billion from, among other commodities, 10 million tonnes of...