Mexican President addresses tax question
At a gala dinner in Toronto honouring Felipe Calderon, the president of Mexico fielded questions on everything from his administration’s war on drugs to whether the soccer-crazy nation is likely to wi…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Polish miner agrees to fund Abacus’s Afton-Ajax
Europe’s second largest copper producer KGHM Polska Miedz has agreed to fund up to 80% of Abacus Mining’s (AME-V) Afton-Ajax copper project near Kamloops, B.C., which could be the first of many new pr…
Kaminak Gold reignites Yukon gold district (June 07, 2010)
Kaminak Gold (KAM-V) shares jumped 51% or 46¢ apiece to $1.36 per share in Toronto following bonanza assay results from the first two holes drilled at its 100%- owned Coffee project in the White …
Greystar jumps on Angostura approval
VANCOUVER — Greystar Resources’ (GSL-T) share price soared 44% on news the Colombian government has reversed its recent decision to invalidate the environmental impact assessment (EIS) for Greystar’s…
A thumbs-up for Magellan’s Coringa
A preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of Magellan Minerals’ (MNM-V) Coringa gold project in Brazil’s Amazon basin, 1,200 km northwest of Brasilia and 995 km southwest of the Atlantic port city Belem…
High-grade uranium for Denison at Athabasca
VANCOUVER — Denison Mines (DML-T, DNN-X) has 20,000 metres of drilling planned for the summer at its 60%-owned Wheeler River project following more high-grade uranium hits this past winter.
Galway drills 89 metres of 3.2 grams gold in Colombia
Early drill results from Galway Resources’ (GWY-V) Pie de Gallo property in the California district of northeastern Colombia appear to confirm that thick intercepts of near-surface mineralization as w…
Sunridge advances in Eritrea
SITE VISIT ASMARA, ERITREA — Six years and $30 million into its Eritrean exploration adventure, Sunridge Gold (SGC-V) has defined four deposits lying in an arc around the capital city Asmara that together host indicated resources containing…
Detour’s bright future holds 11.4M oz. gold
A newly released feasibility study on Detour Gold’s (DGC-T, DRGDF-O) Detour Lake gold project in northeastern Ontario has made it “one of the largest gold operations in Canada and one of the largest investments in the province,” company’s…
More silver hits for Levon, Valley High in Mexico
VANCOUVER –Following up on a successful initial drill program, joint-venture partners Levon Resources (LVN-V, LVNVF-O, L09-F ) and Valley High Ventures (VHV-V) have hit more long and good-grade silver intercepts at the Cordero project in…
New gold zone discovery lifts African Aura
African Aura Mining (AUR-V) has hit upon a new gold zone at its wholly-owned New Liberty gold project in Liberia, and the market signaled its belief in the discovery’s significance.In the days after the May 11 announcement of the near-surface…
Bonanza grades at Mariana’s Calandria Norte in Argentina (June 07, 2010)
After somewhat disappointing 2009 drill intersections, two scout drill holes this year have produced bonanza grades at the Calandrias Norte prospect of Mariana Resources’ (MARL-L) Las Calandrias gold project in southern Argentina’s Deseado…