Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Gold hits lift Rainy River, Northern Superior

Joint-venture partners Rainy River Resources (rr-v) and Northern Superior Resources (sup-v) have pulled a significant discovery hole from Target 3 at the TPK gold project in northern Ontario.  Hole 4 hit 13.5 metres grading 25.87 grams…


Altius pairs with Cliffs

Well-respected for its project generation work in Newfoundland and Labrador, Altius Minerals (als-t) has entered into an exploration alliance with Cliffs Natural Resources (clf-n) covering ferro-alloy metals within specific areas of the…


Galway raises $25M for Colombia

Galway Resources (gwy-v) has released several significant gold-silver hits from its California project in Colombia just as it announces a $25-million financing.The latest results come largely from the Pie de Gallo zone, a 300-metre-long…


Antofagasta helps Duluth Metals bid for Franconia

In a significant land consolidation move, Duluth Metals (dm-t) has agreed to buy Franconia Minerals (fra-t) for $77 million.A map of the two companies’ claims shows obvious synergies, with Franconia’s land package filling the holes between…


Tahoe raises $352M for Escobal

Tahoe Resources (tho-t) has taken advantage of buoyant precious metal prices to raise $352 million in a bought-deal financing with a syndicate of underwriters led by GMP Securities.The private placement financing is just shy of 25 million…





Northgate eyes underground potential of Kemess North

After 12 years of profitable operation, Northgate Minerals’ (NGX-T, NXG-X) Kemess South gold-copper mine in north-central British Columbia is shutting down. The large-scale open-pit mine will cease operating in February after ore reserves have…


Inmet and Lundin propose to merge

The proposed merger of Inmet Mining (IMN-T, IEMF-O) and Lundin Mining (LUN-T), which both companies describe as a “merger of equals,” would create a large base-metal producer in Canada that would replace those the country has lost in the…


Spanish Mountain Gold releases PEA

Marc Johnson, a mining analyst at M Partners in Toronto, initiated coverage of Spanish Mountain Gold (SPA-V) in the middle of December, less than a month after the junior released a preliminary economic assessment of its Spanish Mountain gold…


AQM gets first resource estimate done on Zafranal

Just four months after making a deal to hold on to its 50% stake, AQM Copper (AQM-V) has its first resource estimate for the Main Zone of the Zafranal project in Peru. The company says measured and indicated resources came in at 301 million…


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