Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Cadillac Ventures boosts resource at Thierry mine project

Cadillac Ventures (CDC-V) has increased measured and indicated resources by 33% and inferred resources by 75% at its 100%-owned Thierry polymetallic mine project in northwestern Ontario, based on drilling completed in 2010 and 2011.


Facilities at Paladin Energy's Langer Heinrich uranium mine in Namibia's Namib desert, 80 km east of the seaport of Walvis Bay. Photo by Paladin Energy

Paladin funds uranium mine expansion

Paladin Energy (PDN-T) “remains the only significant public uranium producer without a strategic investor or alliance,” making the company “a very attractive takeover target,” Canaccord Wealth Management remarked in a note to clients in late…


China Gold boosts Jiama’s resource

China Gold International Resources (CGG-T) is working hard to impress the market with its Jiama copper mine in China, as it boosts resources and looks to undergo a major mine expansion. 


Facilities at Galane Gold's newly acquired Mupane gold mine in Botswana. Photo by Galane Gold

Iamgold sells Mupane gold mine

Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N) has pruned the last of its non-core assets with the recent sale of the Mupane gold mine in Botswana to Galane Gold (GG-V). 



Nunavut gold find leaves Prosperity investors wanting more

Prosperity Goldfields (PPG-V) has drilled 157.6 metres of 1.7 grams gold per tonne at its main Kiyuk gold project in southern Nunavut, including a higher-grade section of 30.5 metres grading 4.9 grams gold. The results are from the company’s…


Lawrence Roulston’s top stock picks

“There is a huge amount of uncertainty in the financial markets right now,” says Lawrence Roulston, a geologist and the editor of the newsletter Resource Opportunities, at the recent Cambridge show in Toronto. “There is so much negativity with…


Cuoro Resources finds major new copper-gold intersection

Drilling at Santa Elena in Colombia about 140 km northeast of Medellin has returned near surface and high-grade VMS mineralization in the first six diamond drill holes, CuOro Resources (CUA-V) announced this week. Assays are pending for the…


TerraX up 26% on assay-less Newfoundland drilling update

TerraX Minerals (TXR-V) has released its second assay-less drilling update in less than a month from its Stewart gold-copper project in the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland. Shares of the company climbed 8¢ or 26% on the news, closing at…


Difficulties of mining in Africa

Mining companies looking to do business in an African country need to be aware of the complexities they will likely face, from securing debt financing to political risks to complying with local anti-bribery laws.


Takeover bid for Hathor turns nasty

Cameco Corp.’s (CCO-T, CCJ-N) hostile takeover bid for Hathor Exploration (HAT-V) turned uglier today when the uranium producer slammed the credibility of the junior’s preliminary economic assessment of its Roughrider deposit in northern…


Investors applaud first resource for Bellhaven’s La Mina

Vancouver – Shares of Bellhaven Copper & Gold (bhv-v) jumped 14¢ or 28% on Sept. 13 to close at 64¢ on 1.2 million shares traded after the company released a maiden resource estimate for its La Mina gold-copper-porphyry project in…


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