Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Editorial: Hello, US$1,800 gold

August 5 was a day for the history books, as Standard and Poor’s lowered its rating on America’s long-term sovereign credit to “AA+” from “AAA” with a “negative outlook.” This is the first-ever downgrade of the U.S. debt by a major bond-rating…



Market shrugs for NovaGold’s Galore Creek PFS

NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) has released a new prefeasibility study (PFS) for its 50%-owned Galore Creek copper-gold project in northern B.C. nearly six years after completing it the first time around. 



Hathor Exploration president and CEO Mike Gunning at the Roughrider uranium project in Saskatchewan's Athabasca Basin. Photo by Trish Saywell

What’s not to like about Hathor?

Mike Gunning likes  the fact that he can get from his desk in downtown Vancouver to within just a few kilometres of Hathor Exploration’s (HAT-T) flagship Roughrider uranium deposit in northern Saskatchewan by booking a commercial flight…


Avion gets busy in West Africa

Avion Gold (AVR-T) had a busy second quarter expanding its West-African projects, increasing its ownership in its Burkina Faso asset, and preparing a maiden reserve estimate for its Tabakoto gold project in Mali.


Midlands gets the cash for Sian

With its latest round of financing complete Midlands Minerals (MEX-V) is set to get aggressive on its drill program in Ghana. The company closed a fully subscribed financing deal that raised $7.5 million for its coffers – a sum that will bring…


Encouraging signs for Rio Novo

Exploration at Rio Novo Gold’s (RN-T) Vira-Saia target on its Almas gold project in Brazil is yielding shallow, low-grade mineralization likely amenable to bulk mining methods, analysts say.


Positive PEA for Pan American and Orko’s La Preciosa

Better late than never, joint venture partners Pan American Silver (PAA-T) and Orko Silver (OK-V) have released a long-awaited preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for their La Preciosa epithermal silver-gold project in Durango, Mexico.


Early results bolster Cartier

Early results from Cartier Resources’ (ECR-V) Cadillac Extension project near Val-d’Or show promise and the company’s share price responded. Cartier announced that channel samples from the project, which sits 15-km east of Val-d’Or in…


Oro Mining posts solid drill results

Before joining Oro Mining (OGR-V) as chief executive and chief operating officer, John Brownlie was president of Capital Gold, where he successfully brought the El Chanate open-pit gold mine into production and helped make it one of the most…


Timmins Gold sells more ounces

Timmins Gold (TMM-T) says it’s on track to produce more than 100,000 oz. gold from its flagship San Francisco mine in Mexico for fiscal 2011.  


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