Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The Tantamaco prospect at Azincourt Uranium's Macusani uranium project in southeastern Peru. Credit: Azincourt Uranium

Macusani to buy Azincourt’s Peruvian uranium play

VANCOUVER — Macusani Yellowcake (TSXV: YEL, US-OTC: MCYWF) has struck a deal to buy Azincourt Uranium’s (TSXV: AAZ, US-OTC: AZURF) Minergia uranium portfolio on the Macusani Plateau of southeastern Peru.


A mining truck at Goldcorp's Penasquito mine in Mexico. Credit: Goldcorp

Goldcorp ends fight for Osisko

Goldcorp (TSX: G; NYSE: GG) is bowing out of the race for Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK; US-OTC: OSKFF) by not amending its $3.6-billion hostile takeover offer for the junior producer and its large Canadian Malartic gold mine in Quebec.



Orex’s high hopes for Goldboro in NS

When mining financier Willie McLucas first visited Orex Exploration’s (TSXV: OX) Goldboro project in Nova Scotia in August 2013, he was excited by what he saw: One of Canada’s earliest gold mines that could become a producer once…


An outcrop at Sudbury Platinum's Aer-Kidd nickel-copper-PGM project in Sudbury, Ontario. Credit: Transition Metals

Royal Nickel buys 25% of Sudbury Platinum for $1.5M

Toronto-based explorer Royal Nickel (TSX: RNX; US-OTC: RNKLF) has seen its shares climb more than 50% since April, when it gave an upbeat outlook on nickel prices and announced acquiring a minority interest in a private company that’s…



Torex Gold gets $375M for Morelos in Mexico

It took a while, but Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG; US-OTC: TORXF) has closed its $375-million project-finance facility — enough to fully fund its El Limon–Guajes project at its Morelos property in Mexico right through to…


Facilities at Uranerz Energy's Nichols Ranch uranium mine in Wyoming.   Credit: Uranerz Energy

Uranerz Energy’s Nichols Ranch starts production

Uranerz Energy (TSX: URZ; NYSE-MKT: URZ) has become the newest member of a small club of uranium producers now that its first uranium mine — Nichols Ranch — received final clearance from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and…


Nautilus is planning on extracting high-grade seafloor massive-sulphide systems around 30 km from PNG's coastline. Credit: Nautilus Minerals

Nautilus settles dispute with PNG government

VANCOUVER — Shares of explorer Nautilus Minerals (TSX: NUS; US-OTC: NUSMF) were on the rise following an agreement with the Papua New Guinean (PNG) government that could set the development stage at the company’s Solwara 1…





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