Telson Mining shifting focus from zinc to gold
Mounting challenges at its wholly owned Campo Morado zinc mine in Guerrero state, Mexico, has prompted Telson Mining (TSXV: TSN) to put the operation on care and maintenance, and devote…
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Novo bulk samples at Egina return coarse gold
Bulk samples collected from test pits excavated at Novo Resources’ (TSXV: NVO) Egina gold project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia have recovered coarse gold. Novo processed 281 cubic…
SilverCrest pushes ahead with Las Chispas
Three years into exploring the Las Chispas district in Sonora, Mexico, SilverCrest Metals’ (TSXV: SIL; NYSE-AM: SILV) Las Chispas project is picking up speed. The company secured financing shortly after…
TNM launches The Northern Miner Future of Mining Scholarship
The Northern Miner is proud to offer its first academic scholarship as part of the Young Mining Professionals Toronto branch (YMP) scholarship program. The Northern Miner joins fellow partners Barrick…
Midland to drill for gold in Labrador Trough
Midland Exploration (TSXV: MD) will start drilling its wholly-owned Willbob gold project in Quebec in early September. Willbob is in the Labrador Trough, 65 km west of the town of Kuujjuaq,…
Great Bear drills more high-grade gold at Dixie
Great Bear Resources (TSXV: GBR) released the latest drill results from its wholly owned Dixie project in the Red Lake district in Ontario. A new, high-grade sub-zone was discovered to…
Probe Metals expands gold zone at Val-d’Or East
Probe Metals (TSXV: PRB) has intersected gold mineralization on its wholly-owned Val-d’Or East property, located 1.5 km west of the New Beliveau deposit in Quebec. Results from 22 followup drill holes…
‘Logic and law will prevail’ in dispute, Plateau Energy Metals’ CEO says
Plateau Energy Metals (TSXV: PLU) has lost its appeal to overturn a decision by the Instituto Geológico Minero y Metalúrgico (Ingemmet) to cancel 32 of its 149 concessions in Peru….
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 148: Yukon open for business, ft Silver, Downs, Macdonald, West-Sells
This episode features the Yukon Territorial Panel at The Northern Miner’s annual Canadian Mining Symposium held at Canada House in London, U.K., earlier this year. The panel consisted of Yukon…
FireFox Gold acquires property in Finland
Vancouver-based FireFox Gold (TSXV: FFOX) has acquired property covering 984 sq. km in the Kierinki Schist belt in northern Finland’s Lapland region. The company says the two blocks, collectively known…
Commentary: Security measures critical amid heightened risk in West Africa
The following is a summary of conclusions coming out of the West Africa Mining Security Conference provided by the Australian High Commission in Accra and the Australia-Africa Minerals & Energy Group,…
Giyani Metals completes study on manganese project in Botswana
Giyani Metals (TSXV: EMM) has published a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its 88%-owned K.Hill manganese project in Botswana. The early-stage study forecast total production of 245,000 tonnes of high-purity,…