Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Yamana Gold's Cerro Moro gold-silver project in Santa Cruz, Argentina. Credit: Yamana Gold

Yamana aims to apply ‘lessons learned’ at Cerro Moro

VANCOUVER — It’s become relatively rare to see intermediate gold producers commit capital to new developments, but Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) is bucking the trend at its Cerro Moro low-sulphidation epithermal deposit in Santa…


Drillers at Guerrero Ventures'Biricu gold property in southwestern Mexico's Guerrero Gold Belt. Credit: Guerrero Ventures

Guerrero on the discovery trail at Biricu

VANCOUVER — It’s early days for explorer Guerrero Ventures (TSXV: GV; US-OTC: GVXNF) at its 410 sq. km Biricu property in the emerging Guerrero Gold Belt (GGB) of southwestern Mexico, but the company has strong technical pedigree…


A pile of the first copper concentrate produced at Imperial Metals' Red Chris copper-gold mine in northwestern B.C. Credit: Imperial Metals

Imperial opens Red Chris in BC

VANCOUVER — Imperial Metals (TSX: III; US-OTC: IPMLF) celebrated the first production of copper concentrate on Feb. 17 at its newly built Red Chris copper-gold mine, 80 km south of Dease Lake in northwestern B.C.


A drill site at Ivanhoe Mines' Kamoa copper project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Credit: Ivanhoe Mines

Lateral thinking pays off for Ivanhoe at Kamoa

VANCOUVER — For the second time in just over a decade, Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) is taking home the Thayer Lindsley Award, presented by the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada at their conference in Toronto in…


Drillers working at Wellgreen Platinum's namesake PGM-nickel project the southern Yukon. Credit: Wellgreen Platinum

Wellgreen Platinum scales down PGM project

Wellgreen Platinum (TSX: WG; US-OTC: WGPLF) has delivered an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Wellgreen platinum group metals and nickel deposit, in the southern Yukon, that cuts capital costs and the project’s mine…


Rocks travel on a conveyor at Coeur Mining's mill at its Kensington gold mine in Alaska. Credit: Coeur Mining

Coeur takes US$1B writedown in 2014

Coeur Mining (TSX: CDM; NYSE: CDE), the largest U.S.-based silver producer, reported a wider net loss for 2014 as it took a US$1-billion after-tax writedown in the fourth quarter, following weaker silver and gold prices.




Westcore Drilling's Hector Hewlin plies his trade at North American Nickel's Maniitsoq polymetallic project in southwestern Greenland. Credit: North American Nickel

North American Nickel gears up for work at Maniitsoq

VANCOUVER — North American Nickel (TSX-V: NAN; US-OTC: WSCRF) is making headway advancing its Maniitsoq nickel-copper-cobalt-platinum group metals property on the coast of southwestern Greenland, 85 km north of the capital Nuuk.





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