Half of China’s foreign investment so far this year has been in mining
As speculation mounts about the possibility of alternative bids emerging for Potash Corporation of Saskatchewa…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
AQM happy to hold on to more of Zafranal
The latest drill results from the Zafranal project in Peru indicate that AQM Copper (AQM-V) made a good move b…
Augusta up on news of $30-million HudBay investment
Vancouver – Augusta Resource (AZC-T) is $30 million richer after HudBay Minerals (HBM-T) picked up 11% of the …
African Metals reports copper drill results from DRC
Vancouver – African Metals (AFR-V) has pulled several near-surface copper intercepts of significant grades fro…
Great Basin rises as Burnstone nears completion
Vancouver – Great Basin Gold (GBG-T) has added some 3.5 million oz. to the gold count at its Burnstone project…
Timmins Gold expands horizon of San Francisco gold mine
Timmins Gold (TMM-V) is expanding the strike length at its operating San Francisco gold mine in Mexico’s Sonor…
Rosatom chief is looking for a success story with Uranium One
Sergey Kirienko, the director general of Russia’s Rosatom, said the state-run nuclear holding company had no p…
Venture makes slow and steady gains Aug. 16-20
The S&P/TSX Venture made small but steady gains during the Aug. 16 – 20 trading week, ending up 22.57 poin…
Good drill results but no resource estimate for Evolving Gold
Long gold intercepts from Evolving Gold’s (EVG-V) Rattlesnake Hills project in Wyoming weren’t enough to prope…
US equities wobbly on recovery concerns, Aug. 16-20
New claims for U.S. unemployment benefits climbed to a nine-month high during the Aug. 16-20 trading week, fue…
First resource out for Probe Mines’ Black Creek
Probe Mines (PRB-V) has received the first resource estimate for its 100%-owned Black Creek chromite deposit, …
Permitting delays Labrador Iron’s DSO mine
VANCOUVER — While moving towards a direct-shipping iron ore (DSO) operation in Labrador, a few problems have surfaced for Labrador Iron Mines Holdings (LIM-T).The company is working to commission a multi-stage open-pit mine at its…