Articles by Northern Miner Staff



Sponsored Toy Drive

In keeping with the spirit of the holidays, each year a collection of Western Canada-based mining companies sponsor a toy drive. This year, the event raised $1,415 in cash to be donated in food or toy…



The plant at Iberian Minerals' Condestable copper mine, in Peru, where the company recently increased reserves by 30%.

Iberian Back In Black With Hedges

Vancouver — Iberian Minerals (IZN-V, IZNFF-o) is now debt-free at its Aguas Tenidas copper-zinc project, 110 km northwest of Seville, Spain.


Dean Cutting, project manager for Houston Lake Mining's Dogpaw Lake gold property, poses on a gold mineralized outcrop. The property, which is near Kenora, Ont., is littered with small pods of near-surface mineralization.

Dogpaw Fetches Good Grades For Houston Lake

Seventy-six per cent of the holes Houston Lake Mining (HLM-V, HLKMF-o) has drilled on its Dogpaw Lake property, near Kenora, Ont., have intersected values of 3 grams gold per tonne or higher.


Intrepid Hits Lengthy Gold Intervals In Indonesia

Vancouver — Recent drilling at Zone A of the Tumpangpitu prospect delivered Intrepid Mines (IAU-T, IAU-a) its best oxide drill results to date from the Tujuh Bukit property, near the eastern tip of J…





Inferred resources at Fortress Minerals' Svetloye gold project (above) stand at 1.1 million oz. gold, contained in three zones. Drilling at the project, 200 km southwest of Okhotsk, in Russia's Far East, continues to return solid results.

Fortress Cuts High-Grade At Svetloye

Vancouver– Fortress Minerals (FST-V, FTMNF-o) has pulled a long and tantalizingly high-grade gold intercept from the Amy zone at its Svetloye property, 220 km southwest of Okhotsk, in Russia’s Far Ea…


Daily Metal Prices (December 22, 2008)

Date Dec. 15 Dec. 12 Dec. 11 Dec. 10 Dec. 9 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1120/1180 1140/1180 1140/1210 1110.50/1170 1105…


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