Virginia flexes exploration muscle at Wabamisk
Virginia Mines (TSX: VGQ) made its name, and a fortune, with its Eleonore discovery Quebec’s James Bay territory, but that doesn’t mean that it is done with the region yet.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Glencore Xstrata set to take 20% stake in Solid Resources’ Cehegin
For the last seven months, Canadian junior Solid Resources (TSXV: SRW) and diversified mining heavyweight Glencore Xstrata (LSE: GLEN) have been completing due diligence on a group of sixty-two iron ore concessions in southeastern Spain known…
[Update] Two drillers dead at First Nickel’s Lockerby mine
At First Nickel’s (TSX:FNI) underground Lockerby nickel-copper mine southwest of Sudbury, Ont., seismic activity that apparently preceded a fall in ground claimed the lives of two contract drillers: Marc Methe, 34, and Norm Bissaillon, 49.
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Site visit: Mega Precious goes monumental
MONUMENT BAY, MANITOBA — Make no mistake about it, Mega Precious Metals’ (TSXV: MGP) Monument Bay project is a serious gold play. With 3.6 million global ounces of gold already outlined, this property in northeastern Manitoba has…
Roxgold completes Yaramoko feasibility study
A feasibility study on the 55 Zone of Roxgold’s (TSXV: ROG; US-OTC: ROGFF) Yaramoko gold project located 200 km southwest of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso improves on the results of a preliminary economic assessment delivered late last year…
Editorial: Mining’s no game
The first week of May was a deadly one for Canadian miners and mineral explorers.
Commentary: Making mega profits from microcap stocks
Opportunities to make a fortune in stocks may occur only a few times during our lives. These opportunities tend to happen during periods of maximum investor pessimism when it takes a great deal of courage and foresight to be a proactive buyer….
Forum Uranium tests Athabasca ground
VANCOUVER — It’s been a busy year for explorer Forum Uranium (TSXV: FDC; US-OTC: FDCFF), with a pair of drill programs on opposing margins of Saskatchewan’s prolific Athasbasca basin.
Hudbay extends hostile bid for Augusta, mulls Rosemont delay
Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) is extending its hostile takeover offer for Augusta Resource (TSX: AZC; NYSE-MKT: AZC) to May 16 from May 5, and says it’s digesting news of permitting delays at Augusta’s…
Castle Mountain Mining completes PEA milestone
In one short year as a public company, Castle Mountain Mining (TSXV: CMM) has delivered a resource estimate on the past-producing Castle Mountain mine project, 112 km from Las Vegas in San Bernardino County, Calif., and completed a preliminary…
Denison’s Wheeler River set to grow
VANCOUVER — Uranium may be in the doldrums right now, but Denison Mines’ (TSX: DML; NYSE-MKT: DNN) Wheeler River uranium project in the Athabasca basin is nonetheless becoming one of the world’s best resource projects —…