Articles by Northern Miner Staff

TSX falls on global fears

The TSX Composite Index resumed its moribund ways as it fell 19 points to finish at 12,387.54 points for Sept. 6-9 period. Continued worries over European and U.S. debt levels played on investor’s fears, and gold even lost some of its luster in…


Venture slips in shortened Sept. 6-9 period

Vancouver – The oscillations on the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index continued in the shortened September 6 to 9 period, this time dropping 25.26 points to end at 1,785.10 points. Volume edged up again, averaging 79.2 million shares traded…




The exploration camp at International Tower Hill Mines' Livengood gold project in Alaska. Photo by International Tower Hill Mines

Int’l Tower Hill updates Livengood PEA

International Tower Hill Mines (ITH-T, THM-X) has updated its preliminary economic assessment of the Livengood deposit, about 110 km north of Fairbanks, Alaska, where drilling continues to expand the deposit. The company plans to complete a…


Cutting the ribbon at Copper Mountain, starting second from left: Consul General of Japan Hideki Ito; Mitsubishi Materials president and CEO Hiroshi Yao; and Copper Mountain Mining president and CEO Jim O'Rourke. Photo by Ian Bickis

Copper Mountain opening marks new era in BC mining

With the simple snip of a copper-tinged ribbon, Copper Mountain Mining (CUM-T) CEO Jim O’Rourke, Mitsubishi Materials CEO Hiroshi Yao and Consul General of Japan Hideki Ito officially opened B.C.’s first major metals mine of the twenty-first…


Trucks at Agnico-Eagle Mines' Meadowbank gold mine in Nunavut. Photo by Salma Tarikh

Agnico’s two pearls in Nunavut

It’s been a tough and ambitious foray in Canada’s Arctic for Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N), but one that holds much promise. 


An aerial view of a drill rig at Victory Nickel's Minago nickel project in Manitoba. Photo by Victory Nickel

Victory to build Minago nickel mine

After spending years proving up one of Canada’s largest undeveloped nickel-sulphide deposits, Victory Nickel (NI-T) has cleared the final regulatory hurdle to build a mine at its Minago project in northern Manitoba’s Thompson nickel belt.


An aircraft on an ice strip at Mountain Province Diamonds' Gahcho Ku diamond project in the Northwest Territories. Photo by Mountain Province diamonds

Mountain Province Diamonds attracts interest

Mountain Province Diamonds (MPV-T, MDM-X) has received “unsolicited expressions of interest from third parties” about its stake in the Gahcho Kué diamond project in Canada’s Northwest Territories.  


A drill rig at Midas Gold's Golden Meadows gold project in Idaho's Stibnite-Yellow Pine district. Photo by Midas Gold

Midas explores consolidated Idaho gold property

Recently launched Midas Gold (MAX-T) is working through a 20,000-metre drill program to prove up the potential of its consolidated gold property in Idaho’s Stibnite-Yellow Pine district.




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