Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Goliad’s good to go in South Texas

Uranium Energy’s (UEC-X) Goliad in-situ recovery (ISR) project in the uranium belt of southern Texas has received its final permit and is fully authorized for production, which Haywood Securities analyst Colin Healey expects will take…


Drilling equipment at Stonegate Agricom's Paris Hills phosphate project in southeastern Idaho. Source: Stonegate Agricom

That’s hot: Paris Hills takes star turn for Stonegate

Stonegate Agricom (ST-T) has stepped closer to bringing its Paris Hills phosphate project in Idaho on stream, potentially by late 2014, with a positive feasibility study outlining a bigger and better project than previously thought.





A Colombian soldier shows examples of land mines and trip wires left behind by FARC guerillas at the Angostura gold project in northeast Colombia, shortly after the army had retaken the deposit and surrounding territory in 2003. Materials such as plastic and wood are used to thwart de-mining crews' metal detectors. Photo by John Cumming

Colombian rebels like gold

Income from gold mining has overtaken drug trafficking in some provinces for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), according to a new report from political risk firm Exclusive Analysis.



Duluth, Antofagasta go big on the South Kawishiwi

Toronto-based Duluth Metals (DM-T) and 40% joint-venture partner Antofagasta (ANTO-L) can claim to hold one of the largest pollymetallic sulphide deposits following a resource update on the Twin Metals project near Ely, Minn. Duluth announced…


Double Trouble for Taseko

The holiday season has been rough for Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X), which is facing a potential strike at its operating mine and a new setback in the seemingly endless effort to permit its new mine.



Cerro Resources and Goldcorp's Cerro del Gallo gold-silver project in Mexico, 270 km northwest of Mexico City. Source: Cerro Resources

Primero snapping up Cerro del Gallo

Toronto-based gold producer Primero Mining (P-T, PPP-N) has waded into merger-and-acquisition waters with a friendly offer to buy Australian gold explorer Cerro Resources (CJO-V, CJO-A) in an all-stock deal worth US$120 million.


Drillers at Brixton Metals' Thorn gold project in British Columbia. Source: Brixton Metals

Brixton finds high-grade silver at Thorn in BC

Vancouver-based explorer Brixton Metals (BBB-V) can barely contain its excitement over the silver-equivalent grades it has been cutting at its Thorn pollymetallic project, 130 km southwest of Atlin in northwestern B.C. The company followed up…


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