Articles by Northern Miner Staff

International Skyline Gold (SK-V) has backed away from its attempts to establish a link between the Snip mine of Homestake Mining (HM-N) and its own High claims. The properties are in northern British…

Three developments in the niche niobium-mining industry could significantly boost world supplies of the metal in coming years.In Canada, equal partners Teck (TEK-T) and Cambior (CBJ-T) are preparing a…

It has always been the lot of mining towns to watch ore reserves decline and hope some new feed will come along. When a mining town has been around as long as Flin Flon, that feeling will have come ar…

Startup: TanzaniaBarrick’s wholly owned subsidiary, Kahama Mining Corporation Limited (KMCL), is currently recruiting qualified individuals for their operations in Tanzania, where conventional undergr…

Nord Resources (NRD-N) has picked up the past-producing Johnson Camp copper mine in southeastern Arizona at a time when the price of the red metal is at a 10-year low.The company issued 1.6 million sh…

London-based Billiton International has expanded its Newfoundland exploration portfolio by inking a deal with Rubicon Minerals (RMX-V) to acquire either the Point Leamington or Lewis Lake properties.O…

At the Wolverine massive sulphide deposit in the Yukon, parters Atna Resources (ATN-T) and Expatriate Resources (EXR-V) are considering alternative metallurgical approaches that would enable them to p…

The following is the first of a 2-part overview of how junior and mid-tier gold mining companies are coping in today’s low-price environment.Not since the gold bubble of the early 1980s has the London…

Zinc and copper minerals are the focus of a drill program under way at the Lady Pond property, near Springdale, Nfld.Canaco Resources (CSE-M) is testing two parallel, 800-metre-long conductors that we…