The grass is not always greener on the other side of the globe: Junior explorer Cumberland Resources (CBD-T) has been making a name for itself as one of the better Canadian exploration companies, owin…
The latest six inductees into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame have accomplished feats as varied as founding one of the world’s foremost mining engineering firms, developing the iron ore deposits of n…
Different igneous intrusions tend to put different metals into a skarn. More mafic intrusions, such as diorites and gabbros from island arc settings, typically produce iron, copper or gold skarns. Int…
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange-Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateNov. 23Nov. 22Nov. 19Nov. 18…
Preliminary drilling by Copper Hill (CUHL-C) has intersected copper-zinc-lead mineralization at its North Powderhorn Lake property, near Grand Falls, Nfld.Hole 1, drilled vertically to a depth of 36 m…
More and more junior companies are turning their attention to Australia’s diamond exploration potential.Caldera Resources (CDR-M) recently entered into a joint venture with Southern Era Resources (suf…
With a US$20-million surface exploration program in full swing, Barick Gold (ABX-T) is determined to transform its Pascua project in Argentina into the largest gold and silver mine in South America.Pa…
Azco Mining (AZC-T) has picked up additional property around the Adelita silver project in Sonora state, Mexico.The junior’s land package, which now exceeds 120 sq. km, is near the Alamo Dorado silver…
Foran Mining (FOM-V) has released an updated resource estimate for its McIlvenna Bay zinc-copper-gold deposit, in the Saskatchewan portion of the Flin Flon greenstone belt.M’Ore Exploration Services p…
Tenke Mining (TNK-T) has begun a gold exploration program at the Vicuna project in Argentina’s San Juan province.The property is in a relatively unexplored region, between the Maricunga gold belt to t…
Special to The Northern MinerTanzania’s unique combination of prospective geology and stable government is drawing unprecedented amounts of mining investment at a time when spending in most of Africa …
Special to The Northern MinerYears of mapping, sampling and drilling may finally be paying off for juniors determined to make an economic discovery in the underexplored frontier of northern Quebec.Two…
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