Articles by Northern Miner Staff



TSX closes higher, Feb. 23-27

Canada’s main stock index climbed as mining stocks rose on the back of higher commodity prices ahead of the annual Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto. The four-day event started on March 1 and should…



Cangold's Guadalupe de los Reyes gold-silver project in Sinaloa, Mexico. Credit: Cangold

Great Panther to snatch Cangold for $1.7M

Mexican-focused producer Great Panther Silver (TSX: GPR) is buying Cangold (TSXV: CLD; US-OTC: CGLJF) primarily to get its paws on the Guadalupe de los Reyes (GDLR) gold-silver project in Sinaloa state, in an all-share deal worth $1.7 million.


Equipment at Coalspur Mines' Vista coal project in 2012, near Hinton, Alberta. Credit: Coalspur Mines

Buyer emerges for Coalspur Mines

When The Northern Miner visited Coalspur Mines’ (TSX: CPT; ASX: CPL) Vista coal project on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains in late 2010, seaborne thermal coal prices were trading at US$120 per tonne.


Equipment at SouthGobi Resources' Ovoot Tolgoi coal mine in Mongolia. Credit: SouthGobi Resources

Chinese firm Novel to buy stake in SouthGobi

A privately held company in China called Novel Sunrise Investments will become the largest shareholder in SouthGobi Resources (TSX: SGQ; US-OTC: SGQRF; HK: 1878) after it acquires shares from Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ; NYSE: TRQ), and…


Drill core at Commerce Resources' Blue River tantalum-niobium project, 250 km north of Kamloops, B.C. Credit: Commerce Resources

Commerce optimistic about finding project partners

Commerce Resources (TSXV: CCE; US-OTC: CMRZF) aims to complete prefeasibility studies for the Ashram rare earth element deposit on its Eldor project in Quebec, and the Upper Fir tantalum-niobium deposit on its Blue River project in B.C.


Integra Gold's historic Lamaque gold mill in Val-d'Or, Quebec. Credit: Integra Gold

Integra highlights Lamaque’s exploration upside

VANCOUVER — The recent buzz around junior Integra Gold (TSXV: ICG; US-OTC: ICGQF) has mostly involved its production prospects after a mill-and-plant purchase at its Lamaque gold property in the heart of the Val-d’Or gold camp in…




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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