Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Antofagasta Gold confirms more gold in Chile

Antofagasta Gold (AN-V), which changed its name from Windamere Ventures this week, says initial drilling at its Capricornio property in Chile confirms it has made a new, regional scale, low-sulphidation epithermal gold discovery.



Inmet boosts copper reserves as First Quantum bid looms

VANCOUVER — As its future hangs in the balance, Canadian base metals producer Inmet Mining (IMN-T) continued to increase its value via a global resource update on Feb. 11, which was highlighted by a 22% jump in proven and probable copper…


Oyu Tolgoi’s feasibility study gets delayed

Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ-T, TRQ-N) updated the market on its 66%-held Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in Mongolia’s South Gobi desert with a mix of potentially good and bad news.


Equipment at Sona's Elizabeth gold project in British Columbia. Source: Sona Resources

Sona signs MOU with Chinese contractor

Executive chairman Nick Ferris of Sona Resources (SYS-V) had been trying to source financing for some time to advance the junior’s Blackdome-Elizabeth gold project in the Clinton and Lillooet mining districts of British Columbia, about…




Curis' Florence copper project in Arizona. Source: Curis Resources

Florence prefeasibility lifts Curis to 52-week high

VANCOUVER – Curis Resources (CUV-T) managed to buck two of the mining sector’s most persistent problems – creeping capital costs and rising operating expenses – with a prefeasibility study for its Florence copper project in…


HSBC talks silver

James Steel of HSBC in New York is raising his average price forecast for silver to US$33 per oz. for 2013 and to US$31 per oz. for 2014, up from US$32 per oz. and US$28 per oz., respectively, due to a combination of improving industrial demand…


Kelly Cluer, Altan Nevada's director of exploration, inspects a sample at the Radar gold-silver property in Nevada. Photo by Matthew Keevil.

Altan on the trail for Nevada’s next gold discovery

CARSON CITY, NEVADA — Driving along a broad stretch of freeway on the outskirts of Reno, it is obvious that Altan Nevada’s (ANE-V) director of exploration Kelly Cluer calls Nevada home. He spent the first 10 years of his career here…


Processing facilities at Atna Resources' Briggs gold mine in Inyo County, California. Source: Photo by Matthew Keevil.

Atna poised to capitalize on US gold portfolio

INYO COUNTY, CALIF. — If all goes according to plan, 2013 could be a banner year for junior gold producer Atna Resources (ATN-T) and its portfolio of advanced-stage gold assets in the southwestern U.S. With one gold mine cranking out cash…


Garfield MacVeigh (left), president of Constantine Metal Resources, shakes hands with Nobuo Yamazaki, president of Dowa Metals & Mining, after reaching a joint-venture agreement for the Palmer VMS project in Alaska. Source: Constantine Metal Resources

Constantine finds perfect partner for Palmer

VANCOUVER — For the last few years, the Palmer project in Alaska almost had it all: a high-grade polymetallic deposit with thick, continuous zones that could be mined using short lateral drifts to deposit ore beside a highway running to a…


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