Articles by Northern Miner Staff

NAT Tallies Cantung

As North American Tungsten (NTC-V) gets ready to put its Cantung tungsten mine in the Northwest Territories on care and maintenance, the company had some good news about the mine life.




Soros Fund Invests In Marengo

Billionaire George Soros’s investment fund has taken a 19.9% stake in Marengo Mining (MRN-T, MRN-A), the developer of the Yandera copper project in Papua New Guinea, as part of the junior’s $14.8-mill…



Century Mining Lands $20M In Deal With Private Investors

Cash-strapped Century Mining (CMM-V, CMNZF-O) has pulled a rabbit out of its hat with a tentative investment deal by firms owned by Russian tycoon Maxim Finskiy and American investor Fran Scola to inject $20 million into the company.The U….


Sethu Raman, a director of Lake Shore Gold, poses with the first gold dor bar from the company's Timmins mine, near Timmins, Ont.

Timmins Gold Mine’s Long Road To Production

The Timmins West gold camp in Ontario has gotten a second life. High-grade gold in drill results from Lake Shore Gold (LSG-T, LSGGF-O) and a US$1,000-per-oz. gold price have started an area play with many junior companies staking and exploring…


Grald Riverin, president and CEO of Cogitore Resources, poses by hole 34 at the company's Scott Lake VMS project, 20 km west of Chibougamau, Que.

Cogitore Looks Deeper At Scott Lake

SITE VISIT CHIBOUGAMAU, QUE. — Gérald Riverin can hardly contain himself as he stands next to the marker for drill hole no. 34 at Cogitore Resources’ (WOO-V, CGORF-O) Scott Lake project, 20 km west of Chibougamau, Que., one warm and…


Kirkland Lake Gold Revenues Up

VANCOUVER — Gold sales were up for Kirkland Lake Gold (KGI-T, KGILF-O) during the quarter ending July 31. Kirkland sold 20,994 oz. gold at a price of C$1,072 per oz. over the period for revenues of $22.5 million.With operating expenses of…


Apollo Signs Toll-Milling Deal With St Andrew

Apollo Gold (APG-T, AGT-X) will mill 100,000 tonnes of ore from its Black Fox mine at St Andrew Goldfields’ (SAS-T, STADF-O) nearby Holt mill.Under the arrangement, excess low-grade ores will be trucked, using a contractor, to St Andrew’s…


Metanor Gets Results At Barry Pit, Nelligan

Metanor Resources (MTO-V, MEAOF-O) has been seeing promising results from expansion drilling at its Barry pit at the operating Bachelor Lake gold mill, in Desmaraisville, Que., and at the Nelligan property just west of Bachelor Lake, and its…


Xstrata Hit By Vale Inco Strike

While the masses went back to work and school after Labour Day, the last long weekend of summer will stretch 7-10 weeks for many at Xstrata Copper’s Kidd metallurgical site, near Timmins, Ont.The copper smelter and refinery, which employs…


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