Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Canada and China sign landmark uranium agreement

A new trade deal allowing Canadian uranium exports to China is eliciting cheers from uranium companies across the country. The deal was one of several agreements signed during a visit to China in early February by Canadian Prime Minister…


Marathon Gold vice-president of exploration Sherry Dunsworth (far left), CFO Jim Kirke (third from left), and CEO Phillip Walford (centre) with colleagues at the Golden Chest gold project in Idaho. Photo by Marathon Gold

Marathon Gold goes the distance in Idaho, Newfoundland

Newfoundland-focused explorer Marathon Gold (MOZ-T) is ramping up its U.S. presence with a 20,000-metre drill program at its Golden Chest gold mine project in Idaho and a historic Bonanza gold mine acquisition across the state line in Oregon.



Drillers in action at Orezone Gold's Bombore gold project in Burkina Faso. Photo by Orezone Gold

Orezone turns assets to cash in Burkina

Being in a gold-rich country before the mining world gets turned on to it can pay some handsome dividends, as Orezone Gold (ORE-T) is proving in Burkina Faso. 


Pilot Gold searches for next Long Canyon

On the hunt for the next Long Canyon gold deposit, Fronteer Gold spin-out Pilot Gold (PLG-T) has found encouragement some 75 km southeast of its original Nevada discovery.




Atna Resources' Pinson gold mine near Winnemucca in northern Nevada. Photo by Atna Resources

Atna’s Pinson project has open-pit potential

Atna Resources (ATN-T) plans to start commercial underground mine production in this year’s fourth quarter at its Pinson gold project near Winnemucca, Nev., and is exploring the possibility of developing an open-pit mine on the property…



Drillers at Bellhaven Copper & Gold's La Mina gold-copper project in Central Colombia. Photo by Bellhaven Copper & Gold

Best intercept yet for Bellhaven in Colombia

Bellhaven Copper & Gold (BHV-V) hit its best intercept yet at its La Mina gold-copper project in Colombia, and the good news came out of an emerging zone on the property.


Lynas' rare earth elements processing plant in Pahang State, Malaysia. Photo by Lynas

Malaysia gives Lynas temporary REE plant licence

Shares of Lynas (LYC-A) closed 19% higher at A$1.59 on the Australian Stock Exchange following news that, after a year of delay, the Malaysian government  has approved a temporary operating licence for the rare earth separation plant the…


JV partners Regulus and Pachamama to merge

Already equal partners in the headline-grabbing Rio Grande copper-gold project in Argentina, Regulus Resources (REG-V) and Pachamama Resources (PMA-V) are making the arrangement formal and merging into one company.


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