Articles by Northern Miner Staff



Detour Gold's Gerald Panneton (left) accepts the Bill Dennis award from PDAC president Scott Jobin-Bevans. Photo by EnvisionDigitalPhoto.com

PDAC celebrates 2012 award winners

During this year’s Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention, the annual awards evening on March 5 at Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York hotel honoured outstanding contributions and excellence in the minerals…



David Groves wrote about the Northwest Territories' diamond potential in 1987. The Diavik deposit was eventually discovered "right where any intelligent geologist could have told you it would be," he says. Photo by Diavik Diamond Mine

The power of economic geology

After establishing himself as a geological expert in the world of academia, David Groves has shifted his focus to mining.


Great Western arranges $80-million bond financing

Vancouver — Great Western Minerals Group (GWG-T) has secured US$80-million in a bond financing as it works to open its flagship rare earths mine in South Africa and build or upgrade several processing facilities.



Claude ups inferred resources by 236%

Shares of Claude Resources (CRJ-T, CGR-X) gained 17% a day after updating its gold reserves and resources on its wholly-owned Seabee gold operation in Saskatchewan.



McEwen bets on innovation

Rob McEwen is known for thinking outside the box so it wasn’t surprising to learn that McEwen Mining (MUX-T, MUX-N)—a company he created in January through the combination of U.S. Gold and Minera Andes and in which he owns a 25%…


Aurizon doesn’t budge on positive 2011 financials

Last year was a good year for the company, says George Paspalas, the president and chief executive of Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T, ARK-X), which has been mining the Casa Berardi gold project in Quebec since 2006.



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