Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Drilling has expanded the Sunshine cobalt-copper deposit in Lemhi Cty., Idaho.As part of a 30,000-ft. program, Formation Capital (TSE) extended the Sunshine Lode zone at depth, into an area previously…

Diamond drills are turning at the Akweskwa project of Eastmain Resources (CDN), 60 km southwest of Timmins, Ont.Two holes have been drilled to date, for a total of 525 metres, and the program is expec…

International Northair Mines (VSE) is focusing its exploration efforts on two properties in Mexico.Among its assets in the country is an option to acquire the 6,000-hectare Lachatao project in Oaxaca …

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The size of the Petaquilla copper-gold resource in Panama has almost doubled.An interim scoping study by Fluor Daniel Wright estimates the diluted measured and indicated resource at 1.1 billion tonnes…

Harsh weather has forced Tapestry Ventures (VSE) and Portman Explorations (VSE) to suspend drilling operations at their jointly held ANAK-1 property in the Voisey Bay area of Labrador.The companies re…

Two New York-listed companies — BHP Minerals and Magma Copper — will join forces to become the second-largest copper producer in the world.The new entity will account for 10% of all production, seco…

The owners of two adjacent base-metal properties straddling the Quebec-Labrador border have agreed to merge the holdings into one large property.The two companies, Ateba Mines (ASE) and Diadem Resourc…

Except for a concrete silo and some old foundations, little is left of the huge Idaho-Maryland mining complex, 2.5 miles east of this small town in California’s Nevada Cty.But if Emperor Gold (VSE) ha…

Barrick Gold (TSE) has acquired privately owned High Desert Mineral Resources, which holds a 40% interest in the High Desert property in Nevada’s Carlin Trend.Newmont Gold (NYSE), operator of the prop…