Articles by Northern Miner Staff

TSX Venture Exchange, Oct. 28 – Nov. 1

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index took a breather during the trading sessions after posting big gains over the past three weeks, with falling commodity prices contributing to decrease of 1.9%, or 18.25 points, en route to a 955.33-point…



Drilling equipment at Barrick's Pascua-Lama gold-silver project. Credit: Barrick Gold.

Barrick shelves Pascua-Lama

Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: ABX) has suspended construction at its controversial Pascua-Lama gold-silver project in Argentina and Chile, citing lower metal prices and regulatory and legal uncertainties.



Capstone Mining's Minto copper-gold-silver mine in the central Yukon. Tailings are being deposited in the main pit and mining has moved to the Area 2 pit and the new underground operation. Photo by Gwen Preston.

Capstone’s Minto keeps on growing

MINTO LANDING, YUKON — When the Minto mine started up in 2007 it was an open-pit copper-gold-silver operation with a projected four-year mine life and a 1,600-tonne-per-day throughput. But Sherwood Copper knew the potential at Minto was…


The camp at Brixton Metals' Thorn polymetallic project in northwest British Columbia. Source: Brixton Metals

Brixton poised to solve geological puzzle at Thorn

ATLIN, B.C. — It’s been a tough time for juniors trying to fund grassroots exploration, but it helps when high-profile investors take notice and decide to support a project. And that’s been the case for…


Project geologist Joe Currie and Kaminak Gold president and CEO Eira Thomas stand beside a Supremo zone trench at the Coffee gold project in western Yukon, 130 km south of Dawson City. Photo by Gwen Preston.

Kaminak’s Coffee takes shape

DAWSON CITY, YUKON — Three years ago, the first hole drilled into Kaminak Gold’s (TSXV: KAM; US-OTC: KMKGF) Coffee project returned 17.1 grams gold per tonne over 15 metres. Two months later a slew of solid drill results had defined…


Commentary: The bear is losing its bite

We are only just entering the fourth quarter, though for anyone involved in the mining industry it has been a very long year already, as is reflected in the results of the Mining Recruitment Group’s Executive Q4 2013 Survey. This latest…



Orezone issues paper for cash

Orezone Gold (TSX: ORE) has more money for its company coffers as it managed to raise another $5 million by issuing more equity.



Mining equipment  at Turquoise Hill's  Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia. Source: Turquoise Hill Resources

Mongolia confounds investors

The mining sector makes up 20% of Mongolia’s gross domestic product (GDP), 40% of its budget income, 85% of its investment and 90% of its exports, but the uncertainty that permeates everything from the security of mineral tenure and…


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