First Nickel on firmer ground
First Nickel (FNI-T) wants to put market uncertainty around its Lockerby nickel mine in Sudbury to bed. And wit…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
VMS Ventures hits 10% copper
Vancouver – A 33-metre intercept grading more than 10% copper was enough to put the spotlight back on VMS Ventures …
Mort Brown memorial planned for Ontario Club
A celebration of Mort Brown’s life will be held in Toronto on Thurs., July 10, 2008, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Ont…
Pacific Rim Mining suspends further drilling in El Salvador
Pacific Rim Mining (PMU-T, PMU-X) is suspending drilling in El Salvador and shifting its exploration efforts to Cos…
Big resource boost at Detour Lake (July 03, 2008)
Detour Gold (DGC-T) has more than doubled measured and indicated resources for its Detour Lake project in Northern …
Romarco growing resource at historic Haile mine (July 02, 2008)
Vancouver – With drilling to confirm the historic resource complete, Romarco Minerals (R-V) is now focused on expan…
Are copper discoveries keeping up with production?
In a June 2008 study entitled “Strategies for copper reserves replacement”, Halifax, N.S.-based Metals Economics Gr…
Etruscan’s Mali project yields positive grades at lower depths
Partial drill results from Etruscan Resources’ (EET-T) Tabakoroni zone at its Finkolo permit in Mali have uncovered…
Mountain Province Diamonds finds largest gem-quality diamond in a Canadian drill program
Mountain Province Diamonds (MPV-T, MDM-X) and joint-venture partner De Beers Canada have found a 25.13-carat gem-qu…
Rusoro: Venezuela’s odd man in
VANCOUVER — Rusoro Mining (RML-V, RMLFF-O) is the exception that proves the rule: While most mineral exploration in Venezuela has ground to a halt, Rusoro just arranged a US$80-million exchangeable l…
Latin American Minerals drives into Argentina, Paraguay (June 30, 2008)
SITE VISIT VINCHINA, LA RIOJA, ARGENTINA — As our convoy speeds towards a distant mountain range, kicking up clouds of dust along the unpaved road on the way to Latin…
Vale has big money to spend
Almir Rezende has a problem that most of us would love to have: How to spend US$1 billion a month over the next five years.