BHP Xplor launches search for next round of exploration prospects
BHP Xplor, an accelerator program introduced by the miner in 2022 in pursuit of unlocking critical minerals, began a global search Thursday for its next cohort. The program seeks to…
Exploration
TNM Drill Down Lithium: Avalon’s Separation Rapids leads top 10 hard rock results YTD
Building on our popular weekly TNM Drill Down feature ranking the best gold assays of the week, The Northern Miner has compiled the top 10 drill results for major metals…
Aya Gold & Silver expands drilling program in Morocco
Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSX: AYA) has announced an significant increase to its 2023 exploration program across its Moroccan assets, which include the Boumadine polymetallic project, Zgounder silver deposit, Zgounder Regional…
Granite Creek seeks copper major for merger with mothballed Minto mine in Yukon
Granite Creek Copper (TSX-V: GCX; US-OTC: GCXXF), part of the Metallic Minerals Group, wants to attract a major company to consolidate a Yukon area into a local copper giant. Granite’s…
TNM Drill Down: Red 5’s King of the Hills produces best width x grade value yet
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays from Aug. 4-11. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our data provider Mining Intelligence. …
Canadian Miners in Mexico Snapshot: Eight companies to watch
Its strong infrastructure, long mining heritage and prospective mineral belts draw explorers and miners from near and far. Here are eight companies with exploration, development and producing projects in the…
Yukon juniors Fireweed, Cascadia, Nickel Creek, Onyx vie for investor support
This is the first of two parts on other companies active in the Yukon following a piece on investor darling Snowline Gold (TSXV: SGD; US-OTC: SNWGF) and site visit reports on…
Snowline Gold soars by enticing investors with near-record Yukon drill results on Rogue project
Dawson City, Yukon — Shares in Yukon-focused Snowline Gold (TSXV: SGD; US-OTC: SNWGF) have rocketed 90% year-to-date with analysts saying another discovery this month at its Rogue project makes it…
Midnight Sun looks to Zambian copper giants next door to solve Solwezi puzzle
Al Fabbro has been looking for answers for a decade now, ever since Midnight Sun Mining (TSXV: MMA) acquired the Solwezi copper project in Zambia. The chief executive believes that Solwezi…
Hudbay’s Snow Lake discovery could stretch mine life past 2038
The first discovery in a decade at Hudbay Minerals’ (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) Lalor mine in Snow Lake, Man., has given it a run at finding another anchor deposit to…
Newmont teams with Teck on Galore Creek development
NovaGold Resources (TSX: NG; NYSE: NG) said on Jul. 27 it has received a further US$25 million payment from Newmont (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) as part of the major’s acquisition…
Li-FT’s first Yellowknife lithium drill assays impress
Li-FT Power (CSE: LIFT; US-OTC: LIFFF) has unveiled the first assay results from its Yellowknife lithium project in the Northwest Territories, revealing high-grade lithium spodumene widths and grades like historical…