Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Driling at Carpathian Gold's Riacho dos Machados project in Brazil in 2010. Source: Carpathian Gold

Brazil production in sight, Carpathian says

Gold production at Carpathian Gold’s (CPN-T) Riacho dos Machados project in Brazil will start at the end of the third quarter of this year, making the Toronto-based junior the South American nation’s newest producer of the metal.


The high-grade copper oxide zone at NGEx Resources' Filo del Sol project on the Chile-Argentina border. Sources: NGEx Resources

NGEx wraps up campaign with high-grade hit

VANCOUVER — Copper explorer NGEx Resources (NGQ-T) capped off a busy drill season in April, with the Vancouver-based company completing 44,000 metres over a promising property package that straddles the Chile-Argentina border, southeast…


Correction

The story “Geoscience B.C. lures stakers to North Vancouver Island” (T.N.M., June 3–9/13) incorrectly stated the mineral resource for NorthIsle Copper and Gold’s Hushamu deposit. In fact, Hushamu contains an indicated…




Ball mills at Scorpio Mining's Nuestra Senora polymetallic mine in Mexico. Source: Scorpio Mining

PEA outlines Scorpio’s mine-expansion plans

VANCOUVER — Scorpio Mining (SPM-T) has faced more than a few challenges over the last year, starting with the need to downsize the resource at its Nuestra Senora deposit when mining revealed more geologic variations than expected. Soon…


Capstone Mining's   Santo Domingo iron oxide-copper-gold project in Chile. Source: Capstone Mining

Santo Domingo feasibility expected in less than a year

When Capstone Mining’s (CS-T) Santo Domingo iron oxide-copper-gold project in Chile eventually enters commercial production in 2017 or 2018 — at an estimated capital cost of between US$1.5 billion and US$1.8 billion — the…


An ore storage dome at the Detour Lake mine in Ontario. Source: Detour Gold

Detour turns to equity markets as share price falls 65%

VANCOUVER — The soup has gotten a lot thinner for many companies in recent months, with falling metal prices and skittish investors driving equity valuations down across the board. And that reality set in for newly minted Canadian…


Euromax's Trun gold project in Bulgaria. Source: Euromax Resources

Euromax forges ahead in southeastern Europe

VANCOUVER — It has been a busy year so far for Vancouver-based explorer Euromax Resources (EOX-V) and its diverse portfolio of base and precious metal projects across emerging jurisdictions in southeastern Europe. Euromax has locked down…




Drilling equipment at Barrick's Pascua-Lama project. Source: Barrick Gold

Chile fines Barrick US$16M for violations

VANCOUVER — Chile’s environmental regulator has imposed its maximum fine on the world’s largest gold miner after a four-month investigation revealed Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) committed “very serious” violations…


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