Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Mining the Brimstone deposit at Allied Nevada Gold's Hycroft open-pit gold mine in Humboldt County, Nevada. Photo by Allied Nevada Gold

Allied Nevada hot on Hycroft-Hasbrouck plan

It’s looking like a big year for Reno-based Allied Nevada Gold (AVN-T, AVN-X), with a US$1.2-billion expansion plan underway at its wholly owned Hycroft gold-silver mine in Humboldt County and a proposed US$78-million, heap-leach…


Kaminak Gold's vice-president of exploration Tim Smith at the Coffee gold project in the Yukon's White Gold district. Photo by Ian Bickis

The Yukon gold rush matures

The Yukon gold exploration season is ramping up for another year, looking a little more restrained for 2012 but still full of potential.


Trenching at the Martinetas gold vein field, which is part of Minera IRL's Don Nicolas gold project in southern Argentina's Santa Cruz province. Photo by John Cumming

All systems go for Minera IRL in Patagonia

Lima-based Minera IRL (IRL-T) is moving ahead with building its second small gold mine, after having tabled a positive feasibility study in February for its Don Nicolas epithermal gold-silver project in Argentina’s Patagonia region.


Colossus nears gold-production target at Serra Pelada

Toronto-based Colossus Minerals (CSI-T) has a finish line within sight following a year-and-a-half of extensive development at its Serra Pelada precious metals-rich, polymetallic project outside the town of Curionopolis in Brazil’s…


Drill rigs at Extorre Gold Mines' Cerro Moro gold-silver project in Argentina's Santa Cruz province. Photo by Extorre Gold Mines

Cerro Moro looks good for Extorre in Santa Cruz

The markets have reacted with enthusiasm to Extorre Gold Mines’ (XG-T, XG-X) preliminary economic assessment of its Cerro Moro gold-silver project, 70 km southwest of Puerto Deseado in Argentina’s Santa Cruz province.



Cinco de Mayo doesn’t disappoint for MAG Silver

Drill results from Cinco de Mayo, 190 km north of Chihuahua City in Mexico, indicate continuous mineralization over a 400-metre dip length with mineralization remaining open downdip and along strike, MAG Silver (MAG-T, MVG-X) reports.


Gold workings at Columbus Gold's Paul Isnard gold project in French Guiana. Photo by Columbus Gold

Columbus grows Paul Isnard

The latest results from Columbus Gold’s (CGT-V) Paul Isnard gold project in French Guiana have the company thinking big.




Riverstone reports wide intersects in Burkina

The results of 10 diamond drill holes at the Goulagou I deposit will allow Riverstone Resources (RVS-V) to upgrade the resource model at its flagship Karma gold project in Burkina Faso. 


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