Articles by Northern Miner Staff

At El Nino Ventures' Murray Brook polymetallic project in New Brunswick, from left: executive vice-president of exploration Bill Stone; chairman and CEO Harry Barr; and vice-president of exploration Ali Alizadeh. Photo by El Nino Ventures

El Nino Ventures posts new resource in New Brunswick

An initial resource estimate for the Murray Brook polymetallic massive sulphide deposit in New Brunswick’s Bathurst mining camp has confirmed the property’s historical resource — but with better grades — and confirms…



A driller at Gold Canyon Resources' Springpole gold project in northwestern Ontario. Photo by Gold Canyon Resources

Gold Canyon tallies 3.7M oz. gold at Springpole

After delivering a string of exciting drill results over the past two years at its Springpole gold project in northwestern Ontario, Gold Canyon Resources (GCU-V) has released a long-awaited resource update totalling 3.7 million oz. gold and…


Energizer Resources' senior VP of operations Craig Scherba walks on a giant graphite ridge on the Seta graphite zone at the Green Giant vanadium-graphite project in Madagascar. Photo by Energizer Resources

Graphite: Hot commodity or hyped commodity?

Lithium and rare earth metals became the “it” commodities in the mining industry over the last few years, and now there is a growing consensus among industry watchers that graphite is set to take the stage in their wake.  


Victoria’s Eagle to land in two years

With a feasibility study now in hand for its Eagle gold deposit on the wholly owned Dublin Gulch property in central Yukon, Victoria Gold (VIT-V) has solidified a plan that could take it from junior developer to gold miner by the end of 2014.




The processing plant at Monument Mining's Selinsing gold mine in Malaysia. Photo by The Northern Miner

Juniors scramble for mainland Southeast Asia’s riches

The mainland of Southeast Asia may not hold much buzz for most Canadian explorers — with island nations in the region getting far more attention — but there are a few intrepid companies finding success in this oft-overlooked part of…


Darryl Sittler scored 1,121 points in 1,096 career NHL games over 16 seasons in the NHL.

From jocks to rocks

Paul Reinhart was drafted twelfth overall by the Atlanta Flames in the 1979 NHL entry draft and went on to play 648 games in his professional hockey career, notching 133 goals and adding 426 assists for 559 points, making him one of the…


Drillers probe Kilo Goldmines' Adumbi gold deposit in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Orientale Province. Photo by Kilo Goldmines

Kilo juggles projects in the DRC, Afghanistan

In late January Kilo Goldmines (KGL-V) announced that its iron ore joint-venture project with Rio Tinto (RIO-N) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the potential to host direct shipping ore. In the same announcement the junior…


Senior geologist Al Workman and trainee geologist Waluyo Hadi on an epithermal gold project in Central Java, Indonesia in 1997. Photo by Watts, Griffis and McOuat

WGM: Around the world in 50 years

To survive half a century as an independent firm, Watts, Griffis and McOuat (WGM) has had to be the James Bond of the consulting world, willing to embrace extremes and extricate itself from some dicey situations: bush planes sinking under the…


A drill set up at Coro Mining's Berta copper project, 20 km west of the village of Inca de Oro in Chile's Region III. Photo by Coro Mining

Coro options more copper ground in Chile

Coro Mining (COP-T) has signed an option agreement with a local Chilean company to acquire El Desesperado — a 7-sq.-km property hosting porphyry copper-style mineralization 16 km southwest of Codelco’s Chuquicamata copper mine in…


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