Ontario’s jackleg drilling champion crowned
This year’s North American Mining Expo in Sudbury featured a new attraction — the inaugural Ontario Jackleg Drilling Competition.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Robust economics in GoGold’s PEA for Santa Gertrudis
After clinching a deal earlier this year to secure Animas Resources and its past-producing Santa Gertrudis gold mine in Mexico’s Sonora state, GoGold Resources (TSX: GGD) has released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) outlining the…
Vale’s Q2 nickel production plunges in Sudbury
Vale’s (NYSE: VALE) companywide nickel production in the second quarter of 2014 was 61,600 tonnes, an 8.6% drop from the first quarter and 5.3% fall from the year-ago period. Vale says the decline mainly reflects the impact of four weeks…
Editorial: In M&A, Canada goes for the gold
A healthy pace of mergers and acquisitions is usually a positive sign in any industry, and so the rebounding M&A scene in Canadian mining over the past few months is encouraging.
Ontario gov’t wants improved underground mine safety
VANCOUVER — Back in December Ontario’s Ministry of Labour commissioned a review of health, safety and prevention issues in underground mining in the province.
Selwyn to sell ScoZinc for $17.5M
Selwyn Resources (TSXV: SWN; US-OTC: SWNLF) has agreed to sell its main asset — the ScoZinc mine, mill and related properties in Nova Scotia — for $17.5 million to a private company named Scotian Zinc Mines.
Broken Hammer funds Wallbridge’s exploration plans
It’s been a busy six months for Wallbridge Mining (TSX: WM; US-OTC: WLBMF).
Transition Metals and Implats to resume drilling at Sunday Lake
In April the Northwestern Ontario Prospectors Association awarded the Bernie Schneiders Discovery of the Year Award to joint-venture partners Transition Metals (TSXV: XTM; US-OTC: TNTMF) and Impala Platinum Holdings for their discovery in…
Wall Street indexes slide, Sept. 8-12
After five straight weeks of gains, U.S. equity indexes dropped as President Barack Obama authorized air strikes against the terrorist group ISIS and imposed more sanctions against Russia. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.87% to…
Sudbury Platinum advances Aer-Kidd
Privately held Sudbury Platinum, in which project-generator Transition Metals (TSXV: XTM; US-OTC: TNTMF) holds a 57% stake and Royal Nickel (TSX: RNX; US-OTC: RNKLF) a 23% interest, has acquired 100% ownership of the Aer-Kidd project, 20…
Turnaround picks up steam for Kirkland Lake Gold
Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KGI; US-OTC: KGILF) has come quite a way since its board set up a special committee in January to launch a strategic review of the company that included a potential sale.
At Phoenix in Red Lake, Rubicon says development risk is ‘behind us’
VANCOUVER — It’s been nearly three years since developer Rubicon Minerals (TSX: RMX; NYSE-MKT: RBY) started construction at its high-grade Phoenix gold mine in Ontario’s prolific Red Lake camp.