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…


A shaft site under construction at Goldcorp's lonore gold project in Quebec. Source: Goldcorp

Goldcorp grows in Canada

VANCOUVER — It has been a tough year for Canadian gold producers, but Vancouver-based Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) has side-stepped the writedowns and jurisdictional concerns plaguing many of its peers. Goldcorp’s conservative approach…


Facilities from the historic Beattie gold mine rise above the trees at Clifton Star Resources' Duparquet gold project in Quebec. Source: Clifton Star

Clifton keeps advancing Duparquet

Clifton Star Resources (CFO-V) is getting busy at its Duparquet gold property in northwestern Quebec, with plans to table a resource update by July, followed by a prefeasibility study in early 2014.




TSX Venture Exchange, June 10-14

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index lost ground for the second consecutive week during the trading period, with the exchange dropping 1.9%, or 17.83 points, en route to a 933.57-point close. The Venture lost ground early in the week on…


U.S. markets, June 10-14

U.S. stocks retreated for the third week in a row, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipping 1.2% to 15,070.18, the S&P 500 Index off 1% to 1,626.73 and the Nasdaq Composite down 1.3% to 3,423.55. Markets were volatile ahead of the…


SGS Minerals Services' new 68,000 sq. ft multi-service lab in Burnaby, British Columbia. Source: SGS

SGS Minerals Services mounts West Coast expansion

VANCOUVER — It has not been the brightest 12 months for the Vancouver mining sector, but a piece of good news may have flown under the radar to start the year. In late February world-leading technical provider SGS Minerals Services held…




Pacific Potash keeps climbing

VANCOUVER — Brazil is the fastest growing potash market in the world, and Vancouver-based Pacific Potash (PP-V) is hoping it can help the country sate some of its potash hunger domestically.


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