Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Conveyors at Medusa Mining's Co-O gold mine, 140 km north of Davao in the Philippines. Photo by Medusa Mining

Medusa Mining delivers on promise (March 11, 2011)

Record gold production at low cash costs averaging US$186 per oz. contributed to a record net profit after-tax of US$58.1 million in the six months ended Dec. 31, 2010, Medusa Mining (MLL-T, MML-L, MML-A) reports.


Trouble in a mineralogical paradise

In late December 2010 a spokesman for the National Democratic Front (NDF), a confederation that encompasses many of the Philippines’ leftist groups – including the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its New People’s Army (NPA)…


An aerial view of the camp at Strateco Resources' Matoush uranium project in northern Quebec's Otish mountains region. Photo by Strateco Resources

Strateco forges ahead at Matoush amid uncertainty

Three years, millions of dollars, and thousands of pages of impact studies later, there is still no guarantee that Strateco Resources (RSC-T) will be allowed to explore underground on its Matoush uranium project in northern Quebec’s Otish…





Workers construct a power line at Detour Gold's Detour Lake project in northern Ontario. Photo by Detour Gold

Detour Gold determined to go it alone

Toronto-based Detour Gold (DGC-T) will resist takeover attempts as the junior focuses on increasing and developing its resources at the Detour Lake project in northern Ontario, already the largest pure gold play in North America, says president…


Chile's Mines Minister Laurence Golborne.

The way from San Jose

Last October’s miraculous rescue of 33 trapped miners at San Jose has catapulted Chile’s Mines Minister Laurence Golborne to the forefront of national politics, even to the point that some are talking of him as a possible presidential candidate…


An aerial view of Goldcorp's lonore mine site in the northeastern part of the Opinaca Reservoir in the James Bay region of Quebec, 320 km northeast of the town of Matagami. Photo by Goldcorp

Goldcorp pushes lonore ahead

When Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) acquired Éléonore in March 2006 from what is now Virginia Mines (VGG-T) in a US$425-million deal, the project had no reserve or resource estimate, just a lot of speculation on how big it was going to get…



The facilities at Coeur d'Alene Mines' San Bartolom silver mine in Potos department, Bolivia. Photo by Coeur d'Alene Mines

Coeur d’Alene hits sweet spot (March 11, 2011)

Despite a slight decline in annual production, Idaho-based Coeur d’Alene Mines (CDM-T, CDE-N) cashed in on climbing silver prices in 2010, recording record sales of US$515 million, a 72% increase over 2009 revenue. If precious metal prices…


Alamos updates projects in Turkey

Alamos Gold (AGI-T) expects to release a resource estimate in March, and a prefeasibility study before July for its projects in Turkey: Agi Dagi and Kirazli.


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