Articles by Northern Miner Staff

An ocelot in Texas, similar to the one spotted in Arizona's Santa Rita Mountains near Augusta Resource's Rosemont copper project. Photo by Eric Kilby.

Wildcat spotting delays Augusta’s permit at Rosemont

A recent sighting of an ocelot wildcat near Augusta Resource’s (TSX: AZC; NYSE-MKT: AZC) Rosemont copper project near Tucson, Ariz., has triggered U.S. environmental authorities to believe further consultation is needed before the company…


TSX surges, June 2-6

The Toronto stock market had a strong run during the trading week, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index gaining 234.74 points to 14,838.90, as investors digested the positive U.S. employment data while shrugging off the lacklustre Canadian jobs…


An aerial view of Total's Joslyn North Mine oilsands project in Alberta. Credit: Total E&P Canada

Total suspends $11B Joslyn oilsands project

In November 2013, Total E&P Canada submitted applications to the relevant regulatory agencies in Alberta to increase the mine pit size and boost production capacity to 157,000 barrels a day at its Joslyn North mine project, 65 km northwest…



Roughrider rises again

VANCOUVER — “We were shocked the land was available,” says Dale Wallster, a director of Kivalliq Energy (TSXV: KIV), in an interview. “So we staked it — but when you stake land in Saskatchewan, other interested…


The crushing facility at Sierra Metals' Yauricocha mine in Peru.

Sierra Metals unleashes Yauricocha’s full potential

LIMA, PERU — Sierra Metals (TSX: SMT; BVL: SMT) is proving up the underground potential of its Yauricocha silver–lead–copper–zinc–gold mine in west-central Peru. The low-cost underground mine is the company’s…


Trevali Mining's Santander zinc-lead-silver mine in Peru, 200 km northeast of Lima.  Credit: Trevali Mining

Trevali finds two new zones at Santander

Shares in Trevali Mining (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) got a little boost after the Vancouver-based firm reported two new zones of high-grade polymetallic mineralization at its Santander zinc–lead–silver underground mine in Peru.


Workers at a drill site at GoldQuest Mining's Romero gold-copper project in the Dominican Republic. Credit: Gold Quest Mining

GoldQuest’s PEA on Romero a ‘good start’

GoldQuest Mining (TSXV: GQC; US-OTC: GDQMF) has tabled a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its flagship project, consisting of the Romero and Romero South gold–copper deposits, two years after discovering the main deposit…



Calibre Mining president and CEO Greg Smith (left) and senior geologist Marc Cianci at the Eastern Borosi gold-silver project in northeast Nicaragua. Credit: Calibre Mining

Iamgold becomes Calibre’s third partner in Nicaragua

Calibre Mining (TSXV: CXB; US-OTC: CXBMF) saw its shares surge 43% after reporting that Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) had signed an option to spend US$10.9 million to earn up to 70% of the junior’s Eastern Borosi gold–silver project…


The field camp at GoviEx Uranium's Madaouela uranium project in Niger. Credit: GoviEx Uranium

Govind Friedland to IPO GoviEx Uranium

GoviEx Uranium has filed a prospectus for an initial public offering with the securities commissions of Ontario and British Columbia and plans to use the net proceeds to pay for environmental and social impact assessments, as well as a pilot…



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