Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Attendees at the 2015 Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada conference in Toronto.  Credit: Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada

Cautious optimism surfaces at 2015 PDAC

This year’s Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention drew 23,578 attendees from over 100 countries. While the crowd for the world’s largest mining event, held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, was…


A drill site at Novo Resources' Beatons Creek gold project in Australia's Pilbara region. Credit: Novo Resources

Golden payoff in the Pilbara for Novo Resources

VANCOUVER — It’s easy pickings for Novo Resources (US-OTC: NSRPF) at its Beatons Creek paleoplacer gold deposit near the historic gold mining town of Nullagine in the eastern Pilbara region of Western Australia.



A representative "run of mine" from a portion of Q1-4 kimberlitic bulk sample totaling 17.22 carats. The largest white diamond is 1.52 carats and the largest yellow diamond is 1.17 carats. Credit: North Arrow Minerals

Bulk sample results boost diamond junior North Arrow

The initial results of a bulk sample from North Arrow Minerals’ (TSXV: NAR; US-OTC: NHAWF) Q1-4 kimberlite, at the Qilalugaq project in Nunavut, show that the yellow diamonds that were recovered in early sampling persist into larger…





U.S. stocks edge lower, Feb. 23-27

February was kind to U.S. stocks. Reuters reported that the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 5.6% in its best monthly performance since January 2013; the S&P 500 Index was up 5.5%, its best monthly performance since October 2011; and the…


Drillers at Pinecrest Resources' Enchi gold project in southwestern Ghana. Credit: Pinecrest Resouces

Pinecrest builds momentum at Enchi with maiden PEA

VANCOUVER — It’s early days for junior Pinecrest Resources (TSXV: PCR) at its Enchi gold asset in southwestern Ghana, West Africa, but the company is off to a promising start. Pinecrest has just released a preliminary economic…



TSX Venture on the rise, Feb. 23-27

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite gained on the back of rising metal futures, rising 1.7%, or 11.79 points, en route to a 706.73-point close. Statistics Canada reported that, on a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the Consumer Price Index…


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