Does mining need saving?
Some issues of The Northern Miner are more fun to put together than others. Our March 2024 edition, unfortunately, offers a sobering read. It’s filled with news of shuttered mines…
Exploration
Delta drills high-grade gold near Thunder Bay
Delta Resources (TSXV: DLTA; US-OTC PINK: DTARF) says new drill results improve the economics of its Delta-1 gold project in northern Ontario. Drill hole D1-24-90 cut 10 metres grading 15.94…
Founders finds gold-infused Donut target, Cupcake next at Antino project in Suriname
Founders Metals (TSXV: FDR; US-OTC: FDMIF) says assays from the Donut target show a significant discovery linking two zones at the Antino gold project in Suriname. The shares gained. Drill hole…
UK-based Getech, East Star partner up to explore for Kazakhstan copper
U.K.-based geospatial technology firm Getech (LSE: GTC) has announced a joint venture East Star Resources (LSE: EST) to pursue copper exploration opportunities in Kazakhstan. As part of the new joint…
Abitibi Metals drills 3.5% copper in Quebec
Abitibi Metals (CSE: AMQ; OTC: AMQFF) says its first two drill holes at the B26 polymetallic deposit in northern Quebec bode well to earn most of the project from the…
McEwen’s Stock project hikes gold resource by a third
McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) says inferred gold ore tonnage increased by 33% last year at its Stock project in northern Ontario while drilling cut a bonanza interval in…
Sweden to remove uranium ban
District Metals (TSXV: DMX; US-OTC: DMXCF) and Aura Energy (ASX: AEE) are among companies welcoming Sweden’s steps to remove a ban on uranium mining this year. The Nordic country’s government…
Karora drills hit high-grade gold, nickel in Oz
Canada’s Karora Resources (TSX: KRR; US-OTC: KRRGF) has released high-grade drill results from the Fletcher shear and Larkin gold zones and the emerging 50C nickel zone at the Beta Hunt…
TNM Drill Down: Wesdome’s Eagle River tops gold assays as it expands Ontario mine
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the best gold assays of the past week, Feb. 16-23. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width as identified by data…
Legal battle looms amid Cat Lake Nation, First Mining road dispute
Cat Lake First Nation has launched legal action to halt construction of an 18-km access road crucial to First Mining Gold’s (TSX: FF; US-OTC: FFMGF) Springpole project in northern Ontario….
Fury Gold buys Newmont’s half of Éléonore South project in Quebec
Fury Gold Mines (TSX, NYSE: FURY) is spending $4.3 million to buy Newmont’s (NYSE: NEM, TSE: NGT) half of the Éléonore South project next to the mine of the same…
Energy Fuels aims to double uranium output
The company is preparing additional mines in Colorado and Wyoming for expected production within one year.