Articles by Northern Miner Staff

When is the right time for a PEA of an exploration project?

For today’s risk-averse mining investor, there is a level of comfort that comes from a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) that affects an exploration project’s success or failure. As a technical document, it is a tool for…


Field technicians at Northcliff Resources' Sisson tungsten-moly project in central New Brunswick. Source: Northcliff Resources

Northcliff secures Kiwi partner for Sisson in NB

Northcliff Resources (TSX: NCF; US-OTC: NCFFF) is enjoying a boost in its share price after securing a financial partner to help advance its $579-million Sisson tungsten-molybdenum project in central New Brunswick, 100 km northwest of…


A drill rig at Platinum Group Metals' Waterberg project in South Africa. Source: Platinum Group Metals

Platinum Group Metals hits milestone

After discovering the Waterberg deposit in South Africa in 2011, Platinum Group Metals (TSX: PTM; NYSE-MKT: PLG) has expanded the project’s inferred resource three times in just one year: from 6.2 million oz. platinum, palladium and gold…


Boart Longyear CEO Richard O'Brien.

Boart Longyear weathers downturn

When Richard O’Brien left his post as CEO of Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM; TSX: NMC) in December 2012, after five years in the job and seven at the company, he wasn’t ready to “hang up his pick” just yet.


At the entrance to the historic Lower Deer Trail gold mine in Utah, from left: lead miner Shane Morrison, chairman Arthur Brown, president Michael Callahan, vice-president of exploration Eric Saderholm, CEO Warwick Smith and investor relations representative Erin Ostrom. Photo by Adrian Pocobelli.

Western Pacific bets on the Deer Trail mine

MARYSVALE, UTAH — Vancouver-based exploration company Western Pacific Resources (TSXV: WRP) is adding a new project to its portfolio with the acquisition of the Deer Trail mine, a polymetallic project with silver, gold, zinc, lead and…


Cartoon by JK.

PwC gold study charts new ground

A study on the direct economic impact of gold — commissioned by the World Gold Council — gathers, for the first time, all the evidence of the precious metal’s economic and fiscal contribution, author PricewaterhouseCoopers…


Workers at a drill site in a historic pit at Castle Mountain Mining's namesake gold project in San Bernardino County, California, 90 km south of Las Vegas. Source: Castle Mountain Mining

Castle Mountain in Cali: Old mine, new story

The Castle Mountain heap leach gold mine in San Bernardino County in southern California produced 1.24 million ounces of gold between 1991 and 2001, when mining was suspended due to low gold prices. Now a management team and board…


The headframe at Nevada Copper's Pumpkin Hollow copper project under construction in Nevada. Source: Nevada Copper

Nevada Copper models open-pit expansion at Pumpkin Hollow

VANCOUVER — Markets have become hesitant towards projects with large development costs, so many companies are contemplating mine development that allows for smaller initial operations that are later expanded. For Vancouver-based Nevada…


Mercator's Mineral Park copper-molybdenum-silver mine in northwestern Arizona. Source: Mercator Minerals

Mercator weighs its options

Mercator Minerals (TSX: ML; US-OTC: MLKKF) is delving into a strategic review that is considering any or all of the following: selling the company; a business combination; or selling all or part of its assets, in light of lower commodity…


The landscape of McEwen Mining's Los Azules copper porphyry project in San Juan, Argentina. Source: McEwen Mining

McEwen Mining improves Los Azules’ economics

VANCOUVER — It has been nearly three years since McEwen Mining’s (TSX: MUX, NYSE: MUX) wholly owned Los Azules copper porphyry project in the cordillera region of San Juan, Argentina, was put through the rigours of an economic…


Editorial: Brazilian peekaboo

Recent revelations by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden and Brazil-based Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald regarding widespread U.S. and allied cyberspying took a curious turn in early October, unexpectedly dragging…



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