Articles by Northern Miner Staff

TSX moves up, July 27-31

Despite poor economic data and lower oil prices, the S&P/TSX Composite Index rose nearly 2% to finish July at 14,468.44. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index climbed 1.1% to 53.17, while the S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining…


Drillers at Dalradian Resources' Curraghinalt gold project in Northern Ireland.  Source: Dalradian Resources

Dalradian advances Curraghinalt amid low gold prices

Dalradian Resources (TSX: DNA) has published the results of  first 25 drill holes from its 2015 exploration program on its Curraghinalt gold project in Northern Ireland, confirming the project’s quartz veins carry high-grade gold…


Looking west along a trans-lithospheric fault of the Garder-Voisey's Bay system on Equitas Resources' Garland nickel property in Labrador. Source: Equitas Resources

Equitas hunts next Voisey’s Bay

Junior Equitas Resources (TSXV: EQT; US-OTC: EQTRF) has kicked off a second phase of exploration at its Garland nickel-copper-cobalt property in Newfoundland and Labrador, with the hope of discovering deeper Voisey’s Bay-style…


First Quantum Minerals' Kansanshi copper mine in Zambia. Source: First Quantum Minerals

First Quantum’s Kansanshi gets mixed reviews

VANCOUVER — An updated technical report filed by First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM; US-OTC: FQVLF) on its 80% owned Kansanshi copper operations, 10 km north of Solwezi, Zambia, sent analysts scrambling to lower target share prices for the…


Royal Road Minerals' Gomec gold property in western Turkey's Balikesir province. Source: Royal Road Minerals

Royal Road driven by results at Gomec in Turkey

VANCOUVER — It’s been almost a decade since Tim Coughlin, a co-founder of Lydian International, was part of the team that stumbled across the multi-million-ounce Amulsar gold deposit in southern Armenia. Now, as president and CEO of…




Guyana Goldfields' Aurora gold mine under construction in Guyana, 170 km west of the capital Georgetown. Credit: Guyana Goldfields.

Guyana Goldfields nears production at Aurora

Guyana Goldfields (TSX: GUY) is gearing up for production at its Aurora gold mine in Guyana this August, which will make it the newest gold producer in the South American nation.




Teck Resources' 80%-owned Greenhills metallurgical coal mine in southeastern British Columbia.  Source: Teck Resources

Teck chugs along, amid plunging coal prices

Teck Resources (TSX: TCK.B and NYSE: TCK) has posted decent second quarter results. But analysts remain cautious about the diversified miner’s path forward, amid weakening coal markets.



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