Articles by Northern Miner Staff







Tirex Resources' CEO Bryan Slusarchuk surrounded by core at the Mirdita project, 70 km northeast of Tirana, Albania. Photo by Tirex Resources

Tirex roars to life on Albanian mining deal (April 04, 2011)

Tirex Resources (TXX-V) has taken a big step towards production at its Mirdita volcanogenic massive sulphide project in Albania after signing a memorandum of understanding with a private Turkish firm to finance development in exchange for a…


Exploring at Argentex Mining's Pinguino polymetallic project in Argentina. Photo by Argentex Mining

Argentex posts Pinguino PEA

Until late 2009, Argentex Mining (ATX-V, AGXM-O) focused on drilling the polymetallic sulphide mineralization at its Pinguino project in Argentina. But then the company decided to shift gears and focus instead on the property’s near-surface…


Cap-Ex Ventures focuses on Labrador iron

Vancouver – With several recent high-profile iron ore acquisitions in eastern Canada, Cap-Ex Ventures (CEV-V) has picked an opportune time to re-launch as a Labrador trough-focused exploration company.


Navigating the shoals in the Philippines

Eleven of the 81 provinces in the Philippines have either imposed moratoriums on open-pit mining projects or on the mining of specific minerals, and a twelfth is set to soon join the list, according to Allan & Associates, a security risk…


HudBay and VMS find high grade copper in Manitoba

HudBay Minerals (HBM-T, HBM-N) and VMS Ventures (VMS-V) have a high grade copper project on their hands right in the safe confines of Manitoba. The companies released a resource estimate at the Reed Lake polymetallic deposit near Snow Lake that…


Buddy Doyle takes on Brazil with Amarillo Gold

Seven years in the malaria-infested rainforests of Papua New Guinea and six years in the frigid Tundra led Buddy Doyle and his exploration teams at Rio Tinto (RTP-N, RIO-L) to the two biggest discoveries of his career: the 30 million ounce…


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