Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The core shack at Moneta Porcupine Mines' Golden Highway project, 100 km east of Timmins, Ont., holds more than 250 km of historical core. Photo by Moneta Porcupine mines

Moneta Porcupine boosts Golden Highway

Just four months after reporting a 3.1-million-oz. gold resource from three open-pit zones at its flagship Golden Highway project 100 km east of Timmins, Moneta Porcupine Mines (ME-T) is back in the news with drill results from a fourth zone…


Nunavut explorers fired up for 2012

Nunavut has been a tough place for gold companies of late, with Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) shelving its Hope Bay gold project and Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) cutting years off its new Meadowbank gold mine in the face of cost overruns.


Geologist David Bond exploring Altan Rio Minerals' Chandman-Yol copper-gold project in western Mongolia. Photo by Altan Rio Minerals

Altan Rio sees potential in Mongolia

Having assembled a collection of greenfield copper-gold prospects in Mongolia’s western frontier, Vancouver-based explorer Altan Rio Minerals (AMO-V) is aiming to take the next step forward with a US$2-million drilling campaign in 2012.


Revamped Virgin Metals improving Los Verdes

VANCOUVER — Back in 2008 Virgin Metals (VGM-V) was banking big on the high molybdenum price, marketing its advanced Los Verdes deposit in Mexico’s Sonora State as an exciting moly play and trying to rush it towards production.


Talison celebrates best Q3 ever

Cash-rich Talison Lithium (TLH-T) has booked record third-quarter sales volume, revenue and net income from its high-grade Greenbushes operation in southwestern Australia sending its shares higher.


Syncrude keeps on rolling

The Syncrude mine may not have been the first major oil operation in the Athabasca Oil Sands, but it was the second and it still stands as one of the region’s dominant oilsand projects.


Osisko misses the spot

Osisko Mining (OSK-T) had a rough start as it kicked off its first full year at the Malartic gold operation near Val d’Or, Que., with operational setbacks impacting first-quarter performance, coupled by a temporary shutdown of the…


Redhawk Resources adds tonnes at Copper Creek

VANCOUVER — Redhawk Resources (RDK-V) has seen a more than 175% increase in the total resource at its Copper Creek copper-molybdenum-silver project in Arizona with a new estimate.


Aurizon lifts Q1 profits

Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T, AZK-X) boosts its first-quarter profit by 238% as it maintained production levels and benefited from higher gold prices. 



Will cost inflation challenge supply growth?

Capex costs in the copper mining industry rose 33% on average in the fourth quarter of last year leaving in their wake “no shortage of examples of cost blow outs this year,” Barclay’s commodities research team pens in a new…



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