China builds US$140m uranium mine in Niger
In a sign of China’s growing interest in securing metal supplies in Africa, two state-owned Chinese companies have …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Archangel files technical report on Russian Verkhotina deposit
Shortly after winning a decade-long legal dispute over ownership of the Verkhotina diamond exploration project in n…
Is copper set for a major breakout?
Continuing unrest at copper mines in Chile coupled with low global stocks and supply disruptions in other major cop…
Canplats gains again on ‘Red Road’ results
Vancouver – The Camino Rojo discovery in Mexico has rapidly become an exciting story for Canplats Resources (CPQ-V)…
GBS Gold sees potential at Union Reefs deposits (May 01, 2008)
Recent drill results from GBS Gold International’s (GBS-T, GBSFF-O) Brocks Creek and Fountain Head mines, in Austra…
Misery has company
Gold Reserve (GRZ-T,GRZ-X) has lost its status as the project that could in Venezuela. The company announced that…
Farallon cuts more high-grade zinc
Vancouver – The sun is shining on Farallon Resources (FAN-T). The company is just a few months shy of production at…
T’is the season to merge: Lihir Gold and Equigold next up
A diversified portfolio of producing mines, low cash costs and a growth pipeline are the upshot of a proposed merge…
Will this goose lay a copper-nickel-cobalt egg? (April 30, 2008)
Nemiscau, Que. – Golden Goose Resources (GGR-V) has made a copper-nickel-cobalt and PGE (platinum group elements) d…
New Brunswick gold for Freewest
Freewest Resources (FWR-V) continues to retrieve high grades from the rocks of southwestern New Brunswick. The …
Chavez’s government denies Crystallex permit to develop Las Cristinas
Vancouver – Crystallex International (KRY-T, KRY-X) has jumped through every hoop in its path. It has spent the las…
Northern Shield gets good indicators in northern Ontario
Till sampling at Northern Shield Resources’s (NRN-V) Eastbank property indicates that the property may host a mafic…