Articles by Northern Miner Staff

North Country Gold ramps up exploration

Since graduating with a geology degree from the University of Alberta in 1988, John Williamson has founded ten junior resource and mining companies with assets across Canada, Western Australia, South America and Africa. He has helped raise over…



Pan Terra heads to Africa in search of gold, copper

Vancouver – From the ashes of a high-flying hydrogen fuel cell promotion and later a construction-site preparation and excavation business, Pan Terra Industries (PNT-V) has emerged once again to reinvent itself as a mineral explorer.


U.S. equities down yet again, May 16-20

Uncertainty about the outcome of the euro zone’s debt problems continued to weigh heavily on U.S. equity markets during the May 16-20 trading week. The week ended with Fitch ratings agency’s downgrade of Greece. The Dow Jones Industrial Average…





The processing plant at Iamgold's Niobec niobium mine, 25 km northwest of Saguenay, Que. Photo by Iamgold

Iamgold sees big potential at Niobec (May 23, 2011)

By re-evaluating the mining method at its niobium-producing Niobec mine in Quebec, Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N) found that it could significantly increase the contained resource and production rates with a switch to bulk mining.


lonore glitters for Goldcorp

Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) considers the Éléonore gold project in Quebec’s James Bay region as a cornerstone of its next generation of gold growth projects. 


Eldorado advances Tocantinzinho in Brazil

Eldorado Gold (ELD-T, EGO-N) predicts production from its newly acquired Tocantinzinho gold project in central Brazil will average 159,000 oz. per year over an 11-year mine life starting in late 2014, at cash operating costs totaling about…




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