Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Project geologists Adam Larsen (left) and Paul Dunbar examine a map of Treasury Metals' Goliath gold project. Credit: Treasury Metals

Treasury Metals upgrades Goliath resource

Ahead of a feasibility study due before year-end, Treasury Metals (TSX: TML; US-OTC: TSRMF) has increased by 44% the measured and indicated resources of its Goliath gold project near Dryden in northern Ontario.




Wenco wins work at Siberian gold mine

Polyus Gold (LSE: POLG) has tapped Wenco International Mining Systems to provide high-precision guidance for shovels and drills at its Blagodatnoye gold mine in eastern Siberia. The technology will be installed by the end of 2015.



Letter to the editor: PM Harper at the PDAC

Stephen Harper is the only Canadian prime minister to ever attend the annual Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto. As a show of respect on election day Oct. 19, he’ll have my vote.


Otto Perez Molina, President of Guatemala, looks at his notes during the Forum Debate: 'Winning the War on Drugs' at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 24, 2013. Credit: World Economic Forum, Photo by Michael Wuertenberg.

Editorial: Political risk never far in Guatemala

As miners active in Guatemala sit on the sidelines with furrowed brows, Guatemala has been embroiled in a political turmoil stoked by an anti-corruption drive that has led to the arrest of President Otto Perez Molina and the rise of a genial…



William Chornobay, Goldstrike Resources chief operating officer, examines a core sample from the Plateau South gold project, 300 km east of Dawson City in the Yukon. Credit: Goldstrike Resources

Goldstrike strikes again at Plateau South in Yukon

VANCOUVER — Goldstrike Resources (TSXV: GSR) is gaining traction over a new gold district at its Plateau South project, 300 km east of Dawson City, Yukon, as recent drilling has expanded its high-grade gold targets.




Richmont Mines' Island Gold gold mine near Wawa on the north shore of Lake Superior.

Richmont goes deep at Island Gold mine

At a time when many companies are putting exploration plans on hold to weather the downturn in metals markets, Richmont Mines (TSX: RIC; NYSE-MKT: RIC) is doing exactly the opposite.


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