Articles by Northern Miner Staff


The Moosehead pit at the Brewery Creek project, which was mined near the end of past operations in the early 2000s. Photo by Matthew Keevil

Golden Predator sinks its teeth into Brewery Creek

Things are finally coming together for Yukon-focused explorer Golden Predator (GPD-T) at its wholly owned Brewery Creek gold project, which waits peacefully at the end of a 55 km, eastbound drive from Dawson City. 



The core shack at Northern Freegold Resources' Freegold Mountain copper-gold project, 200 km northwest of Whitehorse, Yukon. Photo by Matthew Keevil

Northern Freegold forges ahead in the Dawson range

It has been a season of perseverance for Yukon-centric explorer Northern Freegold (NFR-V). Despite tepid equity markets, the company pushed forward with a drill program at its Freegold Mountain gold project 200 km northwest of Whitehorse, and…



By The Northern Miner

Editorial: Gold bulls revived on Obama win

In defiance of the predictions of countless right-leaning pundits and some recent polling, U.S. President Barack Obama was re-elected on Nov. 6 in a surprisingly strong showing, particularly given the prolonged weakness in the U.S. economy that…




Eldorado Gold sees higher costs in Q3

Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-N) forecasts gold production this year from its operating mines in China, Turkey, Greece and Brazil will reach 660,000 oz., at cash-operating costs of US$465 per oz.


Taranis Resources' vice-president of exploration Jim Helgeson (background) and technician Thomas Gardiner sampling and mapping a trench at the Naakenavaara copper-gold project in northern Finland. Source: Taranis Resources

Finland’s next one?

Taranis Resources (TRO-V) thinks it’s about time a junior mining company hit the big time in northern Finland’s world-class Kittila copper-gold district.


An aerial view of the camp at Prosperity Goldfields' Kiyuk Lake gold project in Nunavut. Source: Prosperity Goldfields

Prosperity Goldfields sets the stage at Kiyuk

It has been nearly a year since Adrian Fleming and his team studied from afar drill results from Prosperity Goldfields’ (PPG-V) wholly owned Kiyuk Lake project in southwestern Nunavut’s Kivalliq district, and felt they could be…


Banks Island moves Yellow Giant towards production

VANCOUVER — It has been a quick ride for B.C.-focused explorer Banks Island Gold (BOZ-V). Despite the fact it has been just 18 months since Banks Island signed an earn-in agreement on its Yellow Giant gold-silver property, located 110 km…


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