Sun Metals drills Stardust
Newly formed Sun Metals has released positive drill results and an updated resource estimate on its optioned 96 sq. km Stardust polymetallic project, 150 km northwest of Fort St. James…
Copper
Troilus revisits ‘orphaned’ gold-copper mine in Abitibi
VANCOUVER — Troilus Gold (TSXV: TLG) wants to stage a revival at the dormant Troilus gold-copper mine, 175 km north of Chibougamau, Que., where it holds a two-year option agreement with First…
Aurania sees shares jump, identifies target in Ecuador
Shares of Aurania Resources (TSXV: ARU) skyrocketed in the first week of January after a senior analyst at The Casey Report recommended to his subscribers that they buy the junior…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 86: Holodecks, AI and geostatistics ft. Goldcorp
Subscribe, rate and follow us on SoundCloud, iTunes, YouTube, Google Play, Stitcher or RSS Feed! Happy New Year from The Northern Miner team and welcome to 2018! Let’s take a look at mining and metals to start…
Letter to the editor: A better suggestion for parkland in northern Manitoba
The Manitoba Saskatchewan Prospectors and Developers Association (MSPDA) takes the strong view that while it agrees with Stephen Fletcher’s view that a creating a new national park on Manitoba’s Nickel…
TSX posts marginal gains, Dec. 27-29
Canada’s benchmark index rose 0.27% on a shortened trading week to 16,209.10.The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index gained 0.82% to 72.31 while the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index budged slightly, moving from…
BMO’s Hamilton on industrial and commodity outlook
VANCOUVER — Colin Hamilton is the managing director of commodities research at BMO Capital Markets based in London, England. He was previously head of commodities research at Macquarie Group in Australia,…
Aston Bay hunts for copper, zinc in Arctic
VANCOUVER — A newly released gravity survey at Aston Bay Holdings’ (TSXV: BAY) Aston Bay copper-zinc property on Nunavut’s Somerset Island has unveiled a potentially larger footprint of mineralization at…
Filo sets stage for near-term copper production
VANCOUVER — Filo Mining (TSXV: FIL) is targeting production within five years at its flagship Filo del Sol copper-gold-silver project in the northern Chile-Argentina border region. The company was spun-out of…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 85: Happy Holidays commodity special ft. BMO & Major Drilling
Subscribe, rate and follow us on SoundCloud, iTunes, YouTube, Google Play, Stitcher or RSS Feed! Happy Holidays from The Northern Miner! We’re capping off a banner year with a bang in the Northern Miner podcast’s final episode of…
First Quantum options Northern Dynasty’s Pebble
VANCOUVER — First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM; US-OTC: FQVLF) is the latest large mining company to place a bet on Northern Dynasty Minerals’ (TSX: NDM; NYSE-AM: NAK) controversial, wholly owned Pebble…
US markets post gains, Dec. 11-15
Gold closed at US$1,255.10 per oz., up US$6.90 per oz. on the week. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index rose 4.1% to 80.23 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose…