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Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Lachlan finds its gold star in Chile
In December 2010 Perth-based Lachlan Star (LSA-T, LSA-A) went from exploring in Australia and Africa, straight into producing gold in the Americas after buying the CMD gold mine in Andacollo, Chile.
Implats faces violence in South Africa, threat of losing assets in Zimbabwe
Tensions remain high at the world’s largest platinum mine, as a second miner has been killed and strike action continues for a fifth week.
Paramount cuts high-grade gold and silver at San Miguel in Chihuahua
High-grade results keep rolling in at Paramount Gold and Silver’s (PZG-T, PZG-N) fully owned San Miguel silver-gold property in the Guazapares mining district in the southwest of Chihuahua State, Mexico.
Newmont writes off Hope Bay
Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N)has written down the entire US$1.6-billion net book value of its Hope Bay gold project in remote Nunavut. The decision comes just weeks after the company announced it was placing the project on care and maintenance…
Canada Lithium secures $92M vote of confidence
While investor confidence hasn’t necessarily returned to Canada Lithium (CLQ-T), the company has been given stamps of approval by Scotiabank and Caterpillar Financial Services in separate financing deals.
Lumina hits more long intersects at Taca Taca
Lumina Copper (LCC-V) reports that the Taca Taca deposit in northwestern Argentina, 90 km east of Escondida, the world’s largest copper mine, has yielded the longest mineralized intercept to date with 813 metres grading 0.60% copper…
Lumwana’s margins below Barrick’s expectations
Half a year in, Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T, ABX-N) newly purchased Lumwana copper mine in Zambia has done little to rebut the critics who denounced Barrick’s contentious and expensive move into copper through its June 2011 takeover of…
Graphite: Hot commodity or hyped commodity?
Lithium and rare earth metals became the “it” commodities in the mining industry over the last few years, and now there is a growing consensus among industry watchers that graphite is set to take the stage in their wake.
Victoria’s Eagle to land in two years
With a feasibility study now in hand for its Eagle gold deposit on the wholly owned Dublin Gulch property in central Yukon, Victoria Gold (VIT-V) has solidified a plan that could take it from junior developer to gold miner by the end of 2014.
Cadillac Mining up 241% on Goldstrike results
Two gold hits in Utah have vaulted Cadillac Mining’s (CQX-V) share price up 20.5¢, or 241%, to 29¢ on 8.4 million shares traded.
‘Rediscoveries’ among featured projects at Roundup 2012
Modern technologies combined with robust metal prices helped generate many of the domestic and international exploration successes featured at Mineral Exploration Roundup hosted by the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME…