Scoping study updated on Brazauro’s Tocantinzinho
Brazauro Resources’ (BZO-V) flagship Tocantinzinho property in the heart of north-central Brazil’s remot…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Commentary: Stop buying and selling blood diamonds
Severe human rights violations, including murder, rape and forced labor, have taken place in the diamond fie…
Commentary: Zimbabwe abuses require urgent attention
For more than a year, the World Diamond Council (WDC) has voiced its concerns regarding allegations of human…
Chief explains Ring of Fire protest
First Nation groups eager to be involved in the mining business in northern Ontario are blocking two ice airst…
Potash Corp.’s financial results “below potential”
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan’s (POT-T, POT-N) sales volumes of potash last year were the lowest since it…
Boleo Economic, Baja Confirms
After completing a definitive feasibility study in 2007, Baja Mining (BAJ-T, BAJFF-O) has just released an updated capital cost estimate and economic model for its Boleo base metal deposit on the east…
Great Basin Sees Big Future In Nevada
SITE VISIT ELKO, NEVADA — In the dry, rolling hills of southeast Nevada, Great Basin Gold (GBG-X) has sought out epithermal expertise and underground experience to develop a profitable, safe gold mine, chasing narrow, high-grade veins into…
Evolving Gold Explores Wyoming’s Rattlesnake Hills
SITE VISIT NATRONA COUNTY, WYOMING — Two questions spring to mind at first mention of Evolving Gold’s (EVG-V) Rattlesnake Hills gold project, located 70 km west of Casper. First, are there any rattlesnakes here? Oh, yes. Second, and perhaps…
Constantine Tallies Initial Palmer Resource
Constantine Metal Resources’ (CEM-V) Palmer polymetallic project in southeastern Alaska is one of North America’s newest volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) iscoveries and the junior believes its newly released first resource estimate on the…
Diversification Pays Off: New Gold’s US Mine Is Trouble-Free
New Gold (NGD-T, NGD-X) may be tied up in Mexico’s courts over an environmental impact statement for its Cerro San Pedro gold-silver mine, and embroiled in a lawsuit with Barrick Gold (ABX-T, ABX-N) over the El Morro copper-gold project in…
Detour Keeps Finding More Gold
Detour Gold (DGC-T) says it is on track to complete a feasibility study on its Detour Lake gold project in northern Ontario in the second quarter of 2010. However, incoming assay results are showing w…
Mirasol Builds On The Back Of The Drill
Mirasol Resources (MRZ-V) has had a healthy market run of late and done so the good old-fashioned way: via the drill.