Articles by Northern Miner Staff





Lance Tigert

Lance Tigert, a former Noranda executive and board member with several junior mining companies, has died. He was 63….


Castillian joins Falco

Falconbridge (FL-T) has dealt an option to earn a half-interest in its Mangabal nickel project in central Brazil to Castillian Resources (CT-V)….


Newmont seeks growth

Vancouver — Newmont Mining (NEM-N) will spend up to US$230 million this year exploring and developing core gold projects, chiefly in Nevada, Ghana and Peru. Most of the programs ar…


Bruce woes hit Cameco earnings

Cameco‘s (CCO-T) net earnings slipped 33% in the first quarter, compared with year-earlier levels, reflecting increased amortization and higher costs related to planned outages at t…


Dynasty finds high-grade gold in Ecuador

Vancouver — Dynasty Metals & Mining (DMM-V) has uncovered high-grade gold and silver mineralization on its Dynasty copper-gold project in southwestern Ecuador….




From left: Pat Bell, minister of state for mining in British Columbia, Scott Petsel, senior geologist for NovaGold Resources, at the Galore Creek gold-silver-copper project in the historic Stikine gold belt of northwestern British Columbia, 150 km northeast of Stewart.

NovaGold boosts Galore Creek resource

Vancouver — An independent firm estimates that the Galore Creek project in northwestern British Columbia has a larger gold-silver-copper resource than previously believed….


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