Letter to the editor: Maintaining P.Geo. accreditation
With professional-geoscientist registration in every jurisdiction in Canada, there is a necessity for P. Geos to ma…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Tanzanian assay results buoy Continental Nickel
In one field season exploration newcomer Continental Nickel (CNI-V) has discovered six nickel-sulphide zones near s…
Baffinland reports iron ore assay results for Mary River
At 600 km north of the Arctic Circle, Baffinland Iron Mines’s (BIM-T) Mary River iron ore deposits are what preside…
El Morro copper-gold project to cost US$2.5 billion
A feasibility study on the El Morro copper-gold project in Mexico put average annual production at 195,000 tonnes o…
Anglo Swiss gets aggregate quarry permit (January 21, 2008)
Vancouver — Anglo Swiss Resources (ASW-V, ASWRF-O) has been granted a mine permit for quarrying operations on its Kenville project, near Nelson, B.C.
UEX discusses West Bear sale with Cameco and Areva (January 21, 2008)
Lengthy lab turnaround times have driven UEX (UEX-T, UEXCF-O) to reprioritize its Athabasca uranium deposits by putting assays from the larger Horseshoe and Raven deposits ahead of those from West Bea…
TSX Short Positions (January 21, 2008)
Short positions outstanding at Nov. 30/07 (with changes from Nov. 15/07).
Barker raises funds for Frank Creek
Vancouver — Central B.C. explorer Barker Minerals (BML-V, BKMNF-O) is drumming up more money in its quest to prove up the potential of its Frank Creek polymetallic project, located 77 km northeast of…
Centerra inches toward Mongolian investment agreement
Centerra Gold (CG-T, CAGDF-O) has officially registered its Gatsuurt ore reserves with Mongolia’s National Registry of Mineral Reserves, a move the company says will bring it one step closer to negoti…
News – 21-JAN-08
As family-owned Cusac Gold Mines (CQC-V, CUSIF-O) ends an era in the Cassiar mining district of north-central British Columbia, up-and-comer Hawthorne Gold (hgc-v, hwthf-o) wants to start another.
GGL nickel find points to big-scale potential in NWT
With a fresh infusion of cash into the treasury, GGL Diamond (GGL-V, GGDMF-O) is beginning a new season of exploration in the Northwest Territories, hoping to find more evidence of potentially economi…
StrataGold on the trail of riches in historic gold district
SITE VISIT Mayo, Yukon — The bumpy, twisting road extends for 45 km and crosses two rivers before reaching the camp at StrataGold’s (SGV-T, SAGDF-O) Dublin Gulch project. A short…