The Northern Miner’s most read stories of 2025

The Northern Miner’s 110th year showed continued leading coverage of the industry, with the new Canadian Treasure Hunt boosting readership and periodic delves into the archives adding context to daily news content and monthly print editions.

The year’s most-read story was the initial clue-studded entry in the treasure hunt, The Northern Miner Treasure Hunt: Dawson City — gold dust, bust and revival on the Yukon frontier, published in September. As the hunt roamed across Canada, other articles in the series followed on our most-read list, such as The Northern Miner Treasure Hunt – Golden Triangle Dreams: From Buck to Billions, and the kickoff $1M gold up for grabs as Canada Treasure Hunt begins.

The Northern Miner Treasure Hunt: Argentia: The Land of Silver — and Second Chances made use of artificial intelligence to paint us a lead image for the first time that intertwined the story’s silver and World War 2 intrigue. The Northern Miner Treasure Hunt: Cobalt – the silver rush that transformed the Ontario bush rounded out the series on the most-read list, taking readers back to the Ontario town where The Northern Miner was founded in 1915.

Our coverage of the industry’s leaders in 2025, the year of gold’s price breakout, found financier Frank Giustra commenting on bullion’s future: Beaver Creek: ‘Paper gold is over’ as BRICS build dollar-free payments. Gold sector M&A boomed, like with New Found Gold buys Maritime for $292M.

Joint ventures

Our joint venture products, where companies contract for sponsored content like a news story, did well again and video continues to make inroads. London Symposium JV Video: Southern Silver seeks to add resources to Cerro Las Minitas from last January led, while even the more technical outings captured eyeballs: PDAC JV video: Mineral Process Control catalyst cuts gold process time, exec says.

The mysterious state gold producer in Uzbekistan, Navoi, again showed wide reader interest when it’s covered, especially when it’s said to be headed towards a stock market listing: Fourth-largest gold producer due for IPO. Lists usually do well — thus the one you’re reading — and sprinkling in gold during this banner year also helps: RANKED: World’s 20 biggest gold projects.

The most-read list includes the industry’s challenges and winners. 3 workers trapped in Newmont’s Red Chris mine reported the B.C. accident that eventually ended well for all after 60 hours underground. And Canadian Mining Hall of Fame announces 2026 inductees previewed next month’s honouring of David Harquail, Don Lindsay, Catherine McLeod-Seltzer and Gordon Garfield Morrison after decades of success.

Rounding out the list is The Northern Miner Podcast: ‘All of the stars are coming together,’ ft The Metals Co. CEO Barron on deep-sea mining, which looks to the industry’s future on a new frontier.

Wherever the industry turns — through the twists of U.S. deregulation, explorers groping for financing and the West’s critical minerals fixation — The Northern Miner will be there to cover it.