Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The view from the pit at Capstone Mining's Pinto Valley copper-molybdenum mine in Arizona in 2014. Credit: Capstone Mining.

Capstone misses but analysts remain upbeat

Capstone Mining (TSX: CS; US-OTC: CSFFF) may have missed on earnings, but its operations are performing well, and it expects good things to come from its recently acquired Pinto Valley copper–moly mine in Arizona.


Drillers at Verde Potash's Cerrado Verde potash project in western Minas Gerais, Brazil. Credit: Verde Potash

Verde Potash scores major funding from Brazilian government

VANCOUVER — It has been just over five years since Verde Potash (TSX: NPK; US-OTC: AMHPF) staked its Cerrado Verde potash project in western Minas Gerais, Brazil, with the goal of meeting the country’s growing fertilizer demand. And…


Japan sees reactors in future, uranium investors rejoice

It didn’t come as a total surprise, but the Japanese government’s pronouncement that nuclear reactors will be part of its future offered uranium miners and investors alike the shot in the arm that has been so long overdue.


Workers unloading rods at a drill site at Colombian Mines and Teck Resources' Yarumalito gold-copper porphyry project in Colombia. Credit: Colombian Mines

Colombian Mines buoyed by assets

VANCOUVER — Colombian Mines (TSXV: CMJ; US-OTC: CMBPF) has remained active on the exploration front through a hybrid strategy of project generation and organic discovery.


A drill site at NexGen Energy's Rook 1 uranium property on the southwestern edge of the Athabasca basin in northern Saskatchewan. Credit: NexGen Energy

Southwest Athabasca heating up thanks to NexGen, Fission

VANCOUVER — Two companies with neighbouring uranium properties released stellar drill results on the same day, stoking further excitement that the long-overlooked southwest edge of the Athabasca basin hosts significant uranium at shallow…


An aerial view of Seabridge Gold's KSM gold-copper project in northwestern B.C. Credit: Seabridge Gold

Seabridge tallies ‘monster’ resource at Deep Kerr

Rudi Fronk and Jim Anthony were called “garbage collectors” when they started buying up uneconomic projects from the majors 15 years ago at US$260 per oz. gold. But their faith in higher gold prices kept them going and one of the…


TSX stays up, Feb. 18-21

The S&P/TSX Composite rose 150.96 points during the week to end at 14,205.72. The spot price for gold rose US$7 per oz. to $1,326.10, pushing up the gold miners. The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index added 4.03 points to 204.82, while the…



Processing facilities at Yamana Gold's El Penon gold-silver mine in northern Chile. Credit: Yamana Gold

Yamana takes US$536M impairment charge in Q4

Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) saw its fourth-quarter earnings diminish after several of its exploration projects and operations took impairment charges partly due to the decline in metal prices.



Augusta Resource's Rosemont copper project  in Arizona. Credit: Augusta Resource

Augusta blasts Hudbay’s ‘lowball’ hostile bid

Augusta Resource’s (TSX: AZC; NYSE-MKT: AZC) board calls the unsolicited takeover offer by Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) “grossly opportunistic” and “lowballed,” and urges shareholders to reject the…



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