Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Lundin Mining's newly acquired Eagle nickel-copper project, 45 km northwest of Marquette, Michigan. Source: Rio Tinto

Lundin pulls trigger on US$325M Eagle deal

VANCOUVER — Lundin Mining (LUN-T) has been shopping for a base metal asset to add to its production portfolio, and on June 12 the company found a partner in Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L), which was looking to unload its development-stage Eagle…


An example of multiple gold-bearing, quartz-tourmaline-pyrite veins in trondhjemite at Marathon Gold's Valentine Lake project, 57 km south of Buchans, Newfoundland and Labrador. Source: Marathon Gold

Marathon cracks open gold system at Valentine Lake

Since picking up the 50% that it didn’t already own of the Valentine Lake gold project in Newfoundland, Marathon Gold (MOZ-T) has been busy proving up resources across the 260 sq. km flagship property, 57 km south of the mining town of…






Mega Uranium's Lake Maitland  project in Western Australia. Source: MegaUranium

Rockgate and Mega to merge

VANCOUVER — Rockgate Capital (RGT-T) and Mega Uranium (MGA-T) are merging to create a uranium company with several advanced projects, early stage properties, a healthy treasury and a strong team of managers and directors.


Geologist Nicole Lasanen standing in front of a drill on hole 21, the discovery hole for the Llama Lake Zone. Source: Sabina Gold & Silver

Sabina raises funds for Back River’s exploration

Sabina Gold & Silver (SBB-T) is raising $20 million to keep the drills turning on its advanced-stage Back River gold project in Nunavut’s West Kitikmeot region, a move that has one analyst scratching his head.  


Looking down at Premier Gold Mines' Trans-Canada gold project in northwestern Ontario's Beardmore-Geraldton greenstone belt. Source: Premier Gold Mines

Premier gathers momentum on grade

Many stocks within the junior gold sector are languishing, but Premier Gold Mines (PG-T) is showing there is still life for explorers that find the grade.




Correction

In last week’s story “Selwyn’s boardroom battle hits fever pitch,” Benedict Cubitt was incorrectly identified as being with Resource Capital Funds, when in fact he is with Samara Capital. We apologize for the error.


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