Southern Silver expands new zone at Cerro las Minitas
VANCOUVER — The last six months of drilling have been a game changer for Southern Silver Exploration (TSXV: SSV; US-OTC: SSVFF) at its Cerro las Minitas silver-lead-zinc project, 70 km…
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Osisko Metals explores Bathurst camp for base metals
VANCOUVER — Osisko Metals (TSXV: OM; US-OTC: BWMXF) has assembled a large land package in New Brunswick’s historic Bathurst mining camp, where it intends to apply modern analytics to historical data….
Nevsun halves Bisha mine life, revises Timok study plans
Newly appointed CEO Peter Kukielski hasn’t wasted time putting his imprint on Nevsun Resources (TSX: NSU; NYSE-MKT: NSU). The Stanford University-educated civil engineer, who joined the company in May, is…
Great Panther buys Nyrstar’s Coricancha
Junior silver miner Great Panther Silver (TSX: GPR; NYSE: GPL) has acquired Belgian smelting giant Nyrstar’s idled Coricancha gold-silver-lead-zinc-copper mine and mill complex, 90 km east of Lima, Peru. The…
Ascendant explores El Mochito’s upside
VANCOUVER — Ascendant Resources (TSX: ASND) has delivered fresh exploration drill results at its El Mochito zinc-lead-silver mine, 88 km southwest of San Pedro Sula in northwest Honduras. The 32,000-metre…
Puma beats staking rush in NB
Puma Exploration (TSXV: PUM) has been active in northern New Brunswick’s Bathurst mining camp for more than a decade, but stepped up its involvement last year with agreements to acquire…
Top 10 Canadian base metal explorers and developers
The Northern Miner used the IntelligenceMine database of our sister company Infomine to determine the top-10 largest base metal companies headquartered in Canada that have non-producing assets. The list is…
Arizona Mining hits big at Taylor Deeps
VANCOUVER — The latest batch of drill results from Arizona Mining’s (TSX: AZ) Hermosa zinc-lead-silver project, 81 km southeast of Tucson, Ariz., could change how the company develops the project, chief operating…
Alexco CEO on restructured Wheaton Precious Metals deal
VANCOUVER — Alexco Resource (TSX: AXR; NYSE-MKT: AXU) is considering restarting production at its Keno Hill silver mine, 330 km north of Whitehorse, Yukon. The company suspended operations in late 2013, as…
Vendetta updates resource estimate on Pegmont lead-zinc project in Australia
VANCOUVER — Vendetta Mining (TSXV: VTT; US-OTC: VDTAF) sees a new resource update at its Pegmont lead-zinc project in northwest Queensland, Australia, as the next step towards a preliminary economic assessment…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 63: Science of seismic and return of the zinc
We’re coming in hot this week with another informative and entertaining episode of the Northern Miner podcast. Lesley sits down with Jennifer Neild from Australian-based Hiseis to talk about hard-rock…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 62: Exploration Insights & extinction-level events ft. Brent Cook
We’re back with an action-packed episode that tackles — in equal parts — the state of junior mining markets and extinction level events. Lesley swings by for another edition of the…