Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Denison’s summer exploration results on the Athabasca

VANCOUVER — It’s been an action-packed first half of the year for Toronto-based Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE-MKT: DNN) and its portfolio of uranium projects throughout Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin. After picking up a 60% stake in the…


Strong economics for the Agata DSO project

Mindoro Resources (TSXV: MIO; ASX: MDO) and TVI Pacific (TSX: TVI) have something to be happy about after a feasibility study on their Agata nickel-laterite project in the Philippines returned encouraging results for a high-iron laterite direct…


Mandalay grows Costerfield

Investors looking for lower cost, high grade producers were given another reason to turn to Mandalay Resources (TSX: MND) as the company’s Costerfield mine in Australia continues to grow.


Peru approves Sulliden Gold’s EIA

Nearly nine months after Sulliden Gold (TSX: SUE; US-OTC: SDDDF) submitted an environmental impact assessment of its Shahuindo gold project in Peru, the country’s Ministry of Energy and Mines has given the green light to the proposed…


Dundee tallies gold resource at Kapan in Armenia

Dundee Precious Metals (TSX: DPM) released its much-anticipated maiden resource estimate for the Shahumyan gold deposit at its Kapan mine in Armenia, and the market apparently likes what it sees.


Editorial: It’s ‘Tony Time’ Down Under

The election win of the business-friendly, Liberal Party-led coalition in Australia has given a lift to miners in the country, as incoming Prime Minister Tony Abbott — the country’s third prime minister in three months — has…


Dewatering the pit at the Kringel deposit, part of Flinders Resources' Woxna graphite project in Sweden. Source: Flinders Resources

Flinders gains on Woxna graphite PEA

VANCOUVER — Flinders Resources (TSXV: FDR; US-OTC: FLNXF) should be able to restart the mine at its fully owned and permitted Woxna graphite project in Sweden for US$16.7 million, which could be repaid in a few years by selling the…


Looking east on the Pingo area of North American Nickel's  Maniitsoq project in Greenland. Source: North American Nickel

North American Nickel sees good signs at Maniitsoq

VANCOUVER — The 4,800 sq. km Maniitsoq nickel-sulphide project in southwest Greenland may seem like a large-scale play for a junior, but that ambition may pay off for Vancouver-based North American Nickel (TSXV: NAN; US-OTC: WSCRF).


Community members at a public hearing in April for Bear Creek Mining's Corani silver-lead-zinc project in Peru. Source: Bear Creek Mining

Bear Creek nears permitting milestone at Corani

VANCOUVER — It has been a two-year journey for Peruvian-focused junior Bear Creek Mining (TSXV: BCM; US-OTC: BCEKF) and its flagship, wholly owned Corani silver-lead-zinc project, located 160 km southeast of Cusco. But after concluding…



Drill rigs earlier this year at NioGold Mining's Marban gold project in Quebec.  Source: NioGold Mining

The Abitibi belt keeps giving

VANCOUVER — Only a true world-class gold camp reveals new ounces when a sector-wide downturn has quieted so many drills. As such, two estimates offering resource ounces is a good reminder that the Abitibi greenstone belt is one such camp.


A geologist takes notes at Matamec's Zeus property in Quebec.

Matamec drops on feasibility study

Matamec Explorations (TSXV: MAT; US-OTC: MHREF) took a hit after the Montreal-based explorer published a feasibility study for its Kipawa joint-venture heavy rare earth elements project near Rouyn-Noranda, Que. Its shares dropped 33%, or…


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