Articles by Northern Miner Staff





A drill rig at Fission Uranium's Patterson Lake South (PLS) uranium project in Saskatchewan. Credit: Fission Uranium

Fission going strong at PLS

VANCOUVER — Fission Uranium (TSXV: FCU; US-OTC: FCUUF) hit mineralization in every one of the first 14 holes of its mid-year drill program at Patterson Lake South (PLS), continuing a drilling success story that has delineated shallow,…



Southern Copper's Tia Maria copper project in southern Peru. Credit: Southern Copper

Peru approves EIA for Southern Copper’s Tia Maria

Southern Copper (NYSE: SCCO) will start building  its US$1.4-billion Tia Maria copper mine in Peru before the end of 2014, after having secured approval of the project’s environmental-impact assessment in early August. Production is…


Artisanal miners at West African Resources' Tanlouka gold project in Burkina Faso. Credit: West African Resources

West African charts path to low-cost gold production

VANCOUVER — In the six months since it acquired the Tanlouka gold project in Burkina Faso, West African Resources (TSXV: WAF) has drilled 124 holes, updated the resource, tested Mankanga’s metallurgy and shown that a US$44-million…


Northwest Territories' Premier Bob McLeod.

Building roads to resources a priority, says NWT premier

Mining is the largest industrial sector in the Northwest Territories (NWT), and building transportation and other important infrastructure is the key to unlocking its potential, NWT Premier Bob McLeod said at a symposium in Toronto on Aug. 6.


Newstrike Capital CEO Richard Whittall at the Ana Paula gold project in Guerrero state, Mexico. Credit: Newstrike Capital

Ana Paula will be profitable, Newstrike’s Whittall says

Newstrike Capital (TSXV: NES; US-OTC: NWSKF) president and CEO Richard Whittall is certain the upcoming preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the company’s 2.25 million oz. Ana Paula gold project will prove it’s a…


TSX ends in negative territory, Aug. 5-8

The S&P/TSX Composite Index tumbled during the shortened trading week, losing nearly 19 points to 15,196.31. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index fell 15.57 points to 903.70. But gold miners stayed strong, with the…



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