Wellgreen Platinum Ltd

Drillers on a platform at Colorado Resources’ KSP gold-copper project in northwestern British Columbia. Credit: Colorado Resources.

BC, Yukon & NWT Snapshot: 8 juniors on the move

Canada’s westernmost province and two territories have long attracted mineral explorers and developers lured by the region’s rich natural endowment, substantial infrastructure and pro-mining government policies. The following is a…


TSX climbs, June 27–30

Canadian equities finished in positive territory ahead of the Canada Day long weekend, helped by positive economic data and higher commodity prices. Statistics Canada reported the economy grew 0.1% in…


Victoria Gold president and CEO John McConnell at the Dublin Gulch project. Photo by Northern Miner staff.

Thomas Kaplan fund invests in Victoria Gold

Billionaire Thomas Kaplan has a thing for the Yukon. His Electrum Strategic Opportunities Fund L.P., a mining-focused private equity fund that is one of the investment arms of his privately…


TSX climbs, March 7-11

The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 2.3% to 13,522, marking its second straight weekly gain, helped by higher oil prices. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index slipped 0.4% to…


Drillers working at Wellgreen Platinum's namesake PGM-nickel project the southern Yukon. Credit: Wellgreen Platinum

Wellgreen Platinum scales down PGM project

Wellgreen Platinum (TSX: WG; US-OTC: WGPLF) has delivered an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Wellgreen platinum group metals and nickel deposit, in the southern Yukon, that cuts capital costs and the project’s mine…


Drillers at Wellgreen Platinum's namesake polymetallic project in the Yukon, 300 km northwest of Whitehorse. Credit: Wellgreen Platinum

Wellgreen Platinum grows PGM resource in Yukon

VANCOUVER — It’s been a busy couple of years for explorer Wellgreen Platinum (TSXV: WG; US-OTC: WGPLF) as it develops its wholly owned Wellgreen platinum group metals (PGM) deposit in Yukon’s southwest corner. The company has…


Men walk into an  adit at the Wellgreen PGM-nickel-copper project in the Yukon. Credit: Prophecy Platinum

Prophecy Platinum reports a half-mile of mineralization

Picture seven football fields in a row of continuous mineralization, and that’s the width of platinum group metal (PGM) mineralization intercepted in a single drill hole at Prophecy Platinum’s (TSXV: NKL; US-OTC: PNIKF) Wellgreen…


TSX Venture Exchange, Sept. 16-20

The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index saw little movement during the trading sessions, dropping 4.6 points before closing out the week at 946.10. The Venture was affected after gold and crude oil futures struggled in early trading before…



Aerial view of Prophecy Coal's Chandgana coal project in Mongolia. Photo by Prophecy Coal

Prophecy Coal looks to satisfy Mongolia’s power needs

With the Mongolian economy growing at one of the fastest rates in the world, and China eyeing its neighbour as a potential long-term power source, Vancouver-based Prophecy Coal (PCY-T) is optimistic about its prospects for a power-purchase…


Prophecy Coal targets Mongolia’s growing power demand

VANCOUVER — With the Mongolian economy growing at one of the fastest rates in the world, and China eyeing its neighbour as a potential long-term power source, Vancouver-based Prophecy Coal (PCY-T) is optimistic about its prospects for a…



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