Northern Shield, South32 team up
VANCOUVER — A commitment to ore mineralogy is paying off for junior Northern Shield Resources (TSXV: NRN) at its greenfield Huckleberry copper-nickel discovery in the southern Labrador Trough. On June 7,…
Copper
Angkor Gold reels in Jogmec
When Mike Weeks first started nosing around for mineral concessions in Cambodia in late 2008 and early 2009, the typical reaction he got from people in the business was that…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 16: Story time with Lesley and gold rises
The Northern Miner introduces ‘Story Time with Lesley’, wherein we share some entertaining tales from the field, with additional coverage on Lundin Gold‘s (TSX: FUG; US-OTC: FTMNF) Fruta Del Norte project…
Wall Street mixed, June 6-10
U.S. stocks were mixed amidst concerns about the global economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted a weekly gain of 0.3% to finish at 17,865.34, while the S&P 500 Index…
Nautilus probes for more in Central Pacific
VANCOUVER — There’s an ocean of opportunity for aspiring seafloor miner Nautilus Minerals (TSX: NUS; US-OTC: NUSMF) at its wholly owned, polymetallic nodule project within the Clarion-Clipperton fracture zone (CCZ)…
Dundee Precious Metals to start construction at Krumovgrad in Q3
Updating investors on its Krumovgrad gold project in southern Bulgaria, Dundee Precious Metals (TSX: DPM) says it could start construction before October and has revised its construction capital cost estimate…
Win free tickets to the Toronto premiere of KONELĪNE: Our land beautiful.
The Northern Miner is proud to be Co-Presenter of the Toronto premiere of the feature-length documentary, KONELĪNE: Our land beautiful, which won the “Best Canadian Feature Documentary” award at the…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 15: On promising exploration plays and Indonesian chocolate
Matt and Lesley discuss some recent “hot” exploration plays, including: NexGen Energy (TSXV: NXE; US-OTC: NXGEF) attracting investment from a Hong Kong billionaire with its Arrow discovery, and Orex Minerals‘…
Aston Bay, BHP agree to take on Storm together
After a year of talks and hundreds of hours of due diligence, BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) has signed an option agreement to earn a 75% stake in Aston Bay Holdings’…
Film review: KONELĪNE finds drama in BC’s Golden Triangle
Northwest British Columbia is a land of abundance and beauty. Teeming with wildlife, the mountains, rivers and valleys are also home to the Tahltan First Nation. Riches below the surface…
US stocks surge, May 23–27
U.S. indexes gained ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen hinted at a possible interest rate hike in the coming months. The Dow Jones…
TSX posts slight gain, May 23-27
The Bank of Canada kept its target for the overnight lending rate at 0.5% and estimated that the wildfires in Alberta would knock 1.25 percentage points from real gross domestic…