Articles by Northern Miner Staff

An aerial shot of HudBay's processing facilities in Flin Flon, Manitoba. Source: HudBay Minerals

Hudbay continues to build on Manitoba legacy

VANCOUVER — Canadian base metal producer Hudbay Minerals (HBM-T) laid a foundation for success on the Flin Flon greenstone belt in northern Manitoba roughly 85 years ago. During that time the company has developed 26 mines in the region…


Editorial: Breaking Branco

Luciano Branco’s long and soul-destroying battle with insurance firms AIG and Zurich has finally reached some satisfaction in the courts, with a Saskatoon judge awarding the injured Portuguese-Canadian welder $450,000 in aggravated…


Coalspur advances Vista with key contracts

Coalspur Mines (CPT-T, CPL-A) believes its Vista coal project situated about 2 km from a Canadian National (CN) Rail line in Alberta has the potential to become one of the largest export thermal coal mines in North America.


Northern Vertex Mining's Moss gold project in Arizona. Source: Northern Vertex Mining

Northern Vertex plans for pilot production at Moss

VANCOUVER — Northern ­Vertex Mining (NEE-V) wants to get into production as soon as possible, and the junior has taken a big step in this direction with a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of its Moss project in Arizona that lays…





Bears slam gold price

Gold bugs have been taking a beating of late, and it just seems to be going from bad to worse. The gold price entered official bear territory to close out the trading week, and then began the week by falling even further on panic selling.


Equipment at Sandsping Resources' Toroparu gold project in Guyana. Source: Sandspring Resources

Sandspring bolsters Toroparu economics

VANCOUVER — Sandspring Resources’ (SSP-V) Toroparu gold project in Guyana is sporting strengthened economics after a prefeasibility study lowered anticipated capital costs and increased gold recoveries, compared to the previous…


Construction workers on the job in southeast Guatemala at Tahoe Resources' Escobal silver project in 2012. Source: Tahoe Resources

Tahoe eyes the finish line at Escobal

Tahoe Resources’ (THO-T, TAHO-N) investors have something to cheer about, as the company received the final mining licence for its high-grade Escobal silver deposit in southeast Guatemala — clearing a key hurdle in getting its…


Nevada Copper tops up coffers with Red Kite loan

VANCOUVER — Things are rolling along for Vancouver-based Nevada Copper (NCU-T) at its development-stage Pumpkin Hollow iron oxide-copper-gold project, 13 km southeast of the picturesque town of Yerington, Nev.


Kivalliq has big plans for 2013

When it comes to junior uranium exploration and development companies, Kivalliq Energy (KIV-V) is the top pick of mining analysts at brokerage house Raymond James.


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