Irving Resources granted drill permit in Japan
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has approved Irving Resources’ (CSX: IRV) Otoineppu prospecting plan at its Omu Sinter prospect, part of its 100% owned Omu gold-silver project near…
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Firefox Gold goes public, identifies new targets
Newly public Finland gold explorer Firefox Gold (TSXV: FFOX) recently identified five new gold targets on its Jeesio gold project in Northern Finland’s central Lapland greenstone belt after compiling samples…
The Northern Miner Podcast – Miner Moment #16: Airships for miners ft Solar Ship’s Jay Godsall
Solar Ship CEO Jay Godsall pitches the benefits of using airships to access remote areas to a live audience at The Northern Miner’s Progressive Mine Forum held at the MaRS…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 129: Clean mining ft Goodhand, McPhee, Mullally, Stubina, Weatherell and Zisman
This episode features a round-table discussion on clean mining recorded live at The Northern Miner‘s Progressive Mine Forum held at the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto in October 2018. The…
Editor’s picks: Best TNM Podcast episodes of 2018
It’s been a year of growth and exclusive interviews for The Northern Miner Podcast as we passed several milestones: celebrating our 100th episode in mid-year; growing to 5,000 to 8,000…
Editor’s picks: Best ‘Miner Moment’ podcast segments of 2018
In addition to The Northern Miner‘s full podcast episodes that can stretch beyond an hour, we also produce bonus, short, single-topic podcast segments, called a “Miner Moment”. The following are…
Editor’s picks: Best human-interest stories of 2018
The following are the best human-interest stories that appeared in The Northern Miner in 2018, as selected by editor-in-chief John Cumming (click on headline to read story in full). Mining…
Most-clicked stories of 2018
As 2018 draws to a close, we take a look at the most-clicked stories on our website this year, in descending order (click on the headline to view the full…
Top stories of 2018
While prices for the major metals and other mined commodities mostly went sideways during 2018, there was plenty of big news over the year — much of its stoked by…
Stratabound hits gold in Golden Culvert’s first drilling
When Stratabound Minerals (TSXV: SB) CEO Kim Tyler told people he wanted to drill Golden Culvert as soon as possible after optioning the Yukon gold project in October 2017, many…
Cobalt, palladium on Scotiabank’s ‘Naughty and Nice’ list of 2018
Weak production growth, steady-to-rising demand, supply deficits and falling inventories pushed prices of palladium up 19% in 2018, after a 51% jump in 2017, Scotiabank economist Rory Johnston concludes in…
Power Ore picks up historic Opemiska complex
Power Ore (TSXV: PORE) is buying the Opemiska copper mine complex in Quebec from Explorateurs-Innovateurs de Québec (Ex-In), a private company. Opemiska consists of two past-producing underground mines operated by…