Interactive infographic: Far North projects
Canada’s vast northern region hosts numerous large and high-grade mineral projects but they’re out of reach to miners until they’re connected to reliable roads. Our latest infographic looks at seven…
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Sponsored: Equity Metals rides silver surge in BC
Equity Metals VP Exploration Robert Macdonald in conversation with The Northern Miner video host Devan Murugan last month during The Mining Investment Event of the North in Quebec City. This sponsored video…
China question clouds Nunavut road-to-port plan
A Chinese state-backed miner owns the remote Izok Corridor in Nunavut, one of the richest zinc deposits in the world, and the Canadian government has provided some financing for the…
Sponsored: Silver One advances Nevada silver restart, copper plans
Silver One Resources CEO Greg Crowe in conversation with The Northern Miner video host Devan Murugan last month during The Mining Investment Event of the North in Quebec City. This sponsored video…
Bunker Hill rebuild ships first Idaho ore, eyes silver
Bunker Hill Mining (TSX: BNKR; US-OTC: BHLL) has started feeding ore through its rebuilt Idaho mill, moving the historical Silver Valley mine from construction to ramp-up after six years of redevelopment. The…
Revival’s Idaho drilling may shift gold growth plan
Revival Gold’s (TSXV: RVG; US-OTC: RVLGF) high-grade Joss zone in Idaho could move ahead of the Beartrack-Arnett heap leach restart in the development sequence after drilling added 240 metres of…
First Majestic wins permits for Santa Elena expansion
First Majestic Silver (TSX, NYSE: AG) has secured construction permits for two new underground portals at its Santa Elena mine in Mexico and will spend an additional $12 million (C$17…
Generation Mining nears $1B copper project funding
Generation Mining (TSX: GENM; US-OTC: GENMF) has assembled almost all its financing for the $1-billion capex Marathon copper-palladium project in northern Ontario. The $969 million total includes $200 million…
Ottawa eyes special status for Far North resource roads
The federal government is considering granting national interest status to the $2-billion Mackenzie Valley Highway and Grays Bay Road and Port initiative (GBRP), two northern transportation projects crucial to access…
Faraday drilling expands Copper Creek potential
New drilling at Faraday Copper’s (TSX: FDY; US-OTC: CPPKF) Copper Creek, one of America’s largest undeveloped projects for the red metal, has identified broad zones of near-surface mineralization that could…
AbraSilver study quadruples Argentina project value
A definitive feasibility study for AbraSilver Resource’s (TSX: ABRA; US-OTC: ABBRF) Diablillos silver-gold project in Argentina quadruples the open-pit mine’s projected value and cuts the payback period to less than…
Site visit: Blue Lagoon uses Dome cash to chase 1Moz
SMITHERS, B.C. – At Blue Lagoon Resources’ (CSE: BLLG; US-OTC: BLAGF) Dome Mountain mine, the morning meeting starts with safety and discussions about connection with the Yintah, or land. The…