Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Diamond drill rigs set up at Frontier Rare Earths' Zandkopsdrift rare earth element project in South Africa. Photo by Frontier Rare Earths

Frontier eyes 2015 start-up at Zandkopsdrift REE project

A preliminary economic study (PEA) on Frontier Rare Earths’ (FRO-T) Zandkopsdrift rare earth element deposit in South Africa predicts that it could be a high-margin specialty minerals producer, churning out 20,000 tonnes of separated rare…


Machine operators move material at Yamana Gold's Gualcamayo gold mine in Argentina. Photo by Yamana Gold

Yamana grows yearly profits by 17%

Yamana Gold (YRI-T, AUY-N) has reported a US$89.5-million profit for the fourth quarter of 2011.  It’s a 28% decrease from the same period a year ago, following a one-time, US$81-million impairment loss on investments. 


The landscape at Newmont Mining's Hope Bay gold project in Nunavut, 150 km north of the Arctic Circle. The Northern Miner archive photo

Newmont writes off Hope Bay

Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N)has written down the entire US$1.6-billion net book value of its Hope Bay gold project in remote Nunavut. The decision comes just weeks after the company announced it was placing the project on care and maintenance…


Drillers active at Avino Silver & Gold Mines'Avino copper-silver-gold project in Mexico's north-central Sierra Madre silver belt. Photo by Avino Silver & Gold Mines

Avino inches closer to production

Avino is an old name in Mexican mining for a couple of reasons. Most prominently, it is the name of a legendary silver and copper vein 1.6 km long and 182 metres wide at the surface. The vein’s scale helped make it the first mine in the…



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…




The lithium processing plant under construction at Canada Lithium's Quebec Lithium project near Val-d'Or, Quebec. Photo by Canada Lithium

Canada Lithium secures $92M vote of confidence

While investor confidence hasn’t necessarily returned to Canada Lithium (CLQ-T), the company has been given stamps of approval by Scotiabank and Caterpillar Financial Services in separate financing deals.


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 at Talon Metals' Trairao iron ore project in Para State, Brazil. Photo by Talon Metals

Talon sizes up iron ore at Trairao in Brazil

Talon Metals (TLO-T) has released a slew of drill results from its extensive 2011 exploration program, showing iron content in weathered and fresh rock at its Trairao project in Brazil.


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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