Pan African proving up Africa’s big island
Pan African Mining (PAF-V) wants to further the mining momentum that is taking hold of Madagascar.The world’s f…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Sulliden rejects Century offer
Sulliden Exploration (SUE-T, EXSDF-O) has advised its shareholders to reject a hostile takeover offer from Century …
Vale mulls run at Xstrata
Vancouver – Ambitious growth plans sees Brazilian mining giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (RIO-N) evaluating a poss…
Site visit: Mediterranean develops gold-copper belt in Turkey
Yusufeli, Turkey — Have you ever wondered what happened to Vancouver’s Manhattan Minerals after its high-profile i…
First Quantum 2007 copper output up 24%
Vancouver – First Quantum Minerals (FM-T, FQM-L) produced roughly 500 million lbs. (226,693 tonnes) of copper in 20…
Letter to the editor: Maintaining P.Geo. accreditation
With professional-geoscientist registration in every jurisdiction in Canada, there is a necessity for P. Geos to ma…
Tanzanian assay results buoy Continental Nickel
In one field season exploration newcomer Continental Nickel (CNI-V) has discovered six nickel-sulphide zones near s…
Baffinland reports iron ore assay results for Mary River
At 600 km north of the Arctic Circle, Baffinland Iron Mines’s (BIM-T) Mary River iron ore deposits are what preside…
El Morro copper-gold project to cost US$2.5 billion
A feasibility study on the El Morro copper-gold project in Mexico put average annual production at 195,000 tonnes o…
Barker raises funds for Frank Creek
Vancouver — Central B.C. explorer Barker Minerals (BML-V, BKMNF-O) is drumming up more money in its quest to prove up the potential of its Frank Creek polymetallic project, located 77 km northeast of…
GGL nickel find points to big-scale potential in NWT
With a fresh infusion of cash into the treasury, GGL Diamond (GGL-V, GGDMF-O) is beginning a new season of exploration in the Northwest Territories, hoping to find more evidence of potentially economi…
StrataGold on the trail of riches in historic gold district
SITE VISIT Mayo, Yukon — The bumpy, twisting road extends for 45 km and crosses two rivers before reaching the camp at StrataGold’s (SGV-T, SAGDF-O) Dublin Gulch project. A short…