Articles by Northern Miner Staff


New Mines Minister Javier Cordova (left) with Coordinating Minister for Strategic Sectors Rafael Poveda during Ecuador Day at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention.

Ecuador pushes for mining investment at PDAC

Ecuador’s new mines minister Javier Cordova has only been on the job since February, but he knows that the country’s infamous windfall profits tax is unpopular with miners.


Processing facilities at Golden Star Resources' Wassa gold mine in Ghana. Credit: Golden Star Resources

Golden Star aims to go underground at Wassa

Cash-strapped Golden Star Resources (TSX: GSC; NYSE-MKT: GSS) has reported positive feasibility study results on adding an underground mine to its producing Wassa open-pit gold mine in Ghana to bring down costs.


Andrew Swart, a partner at Monitor Deloitte.

Innovation key to solving mining sector woes

Miners are facing a more complex and difficult business environment than ever, with the pressures of rising costs, declining commodity prices, and rising social and investor demands.


Geologists Matthias Lindhuber (left) and Jim Ebisch at an adit on Adamera Minerals' Flag Hill gold project in northern Washington state. Credit: Adamera Minerals

Adamera envisions a golden future in Washington

VANCOUVER — Explorer Adamera Minerals (TSXV: ADZ; US-OTC: DDNFF) is hoping to contribute to a long history of gold mining in the prolific Cook Mountain district in northern Washington state. The region hosts Kinross Gold’s (TSX: K;…


US equities jump, March 16-20

U.S. stocks rose on a declining dollar and higher gold prices at a slower-than-expected pace, which pushed up the main indexes.



View of the open pit at Almonty Industries' Los Santos tungsten mine 50 km from Salamanca in western Spain. Credit: Almonty Industries

Almonty voices interest in Ormonde

Almonty Industries (TSXV: ALL), a Toronto-headquartered company that describes itself as a specialist in acquiring distressed and underperforming tungsten assets, is turning its sights on Dublin-based Ormonde Mining (LSE: ORM).


From left: Rod Thomas, president of the PDAC; David Palmer, president and CEO of Probe Mines, and winner of the Bill Dennis Award for a Canadian Discovery or Prospecting Success. Credit: ENVISIONDIGITALPHOTO.COM

PDAC celebrates 2015 award recipients

The recent annual convention in Toronto of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada saw a diverse group of mining personnel scoop up this year’s awards.


TSX picks up steam, March 16-20

Canada’s benchmark index gained after the U.S. Federal Reserve signalled it was in no hurry to raise interest rates. The news lowered the U.S. dollar and increased commodity prices, as commodities priced in U.S. dollars became more…




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