Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Mining analysts Glenn Brown and Richard Gray of Canaccord Capital see more upside for Western Copper Holdings (WTC-T), a Vancouver-based junior which holds a 45% interest in San Nicolas, a classic Kur…

Uranium miner Cameco (CCO-T) has entered into an agreement-in-principle to acquire the two North American-based subsidiaries of German-based Uranerzbergbau.The deal will see Uranerzbergbau, which is j…

A group headed by Australia’s Normandy Mining (NDY-T) has made a promising gold discovery at Perama Hill, 15 km northwest of Alexandroupolis in northeastern Greece.The discovery was made by Thracean G…

Much has been written about the exploration and development of mines in Canada, but little about the roads that service them.In the old days, access to a site was provided by water or rail. However, a…

Ottawa-based chemical detection technology firm Intelligent Detection Systems (IDS) has offered to acquire all the issued and outstanding shares of Concord, Ont.-based instrumentation manufacturer Sci…

The VSE has accepted for filing a non-brokered private placement of 522,419 units of Consolidated Trilogy Ventures (CTJ-V) at 31cents each, for proceeds of $162,000.Each unit consists of one share and…

Corona Gold (CRG-T) reports mixed results from diamond drilling carried out on the Troutfly Lake properties in the Dryden-Sioux Lookout area of northwestern Ontario.Most of the targets tested in the 9…

The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index lost 3.57 points, or 0.56%, to close at 632.51 over the report period ended April 21. The mining index also dipped, losing 8.2 points, or 1.6%, to close at…

The return of an ocean-going production vessel to the Luderitz Bay diamond concession, off the coast of Namibia, has increased recovery rates for Namibian Minerals (NMR-T).The MV Kovambo returned to t…