Articles by Northern Miner Staff


A view of Rio Tinto's Simandou iron ore project in Guinea. Credit: Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto’s US$20B iron ore mine plan in Guinea

VANCOUVER — A decade after mega-miner Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) was awarded the world-class Simandou iron-ore concessions in Guinea, West Africa, it looks like the stage has been set for what would be the largest…


A drill site at Uranium Energy's Oviedo uranium project in Paraguay. Credit: Uranium Energy

Commentary: How low can uranium prices go?

Investors in uranium stocks are a weary bunch at this point. And despite a number of factors hinting at a recovery in uranium oxide prices, they continue along a downward trajectory.



Centerra threatens to shut down Kumtor

Centerra Gold (TSX: CG) said that it would start shutting down its Kumtor gold operation in Kyrgyzstan if it doesn’t receive approval for its 2014 mine plan and related operating permits by June 13.


Skyharbour scores with 100% acquisition of Way Lake

During the fourteen years Rick Kusmirski worked at JNR Resources, the former Cameco Corp. (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) geologist headed exploration teams that discovered two significant uranium deposits in Saskatchewan’s eastern Athabasca Basin: the…



A helicopter at Balmoral Resources' Martiniere gold property in Quebec's Abitibi region. Credit: Balmoral Resources

Balmoral shares surge on Bug Lake results

Shares of Balmoral Resources (TSX: BAR; US-OTC: BALMF) surged 21% to $1.04, with 4.6 million shares trading hands after the junior reported an intercept of 1,138 grams gold per tonne over 4.9 metres, including 9,710 grams gold over 0.57 metre…


Dominion Diamond's majority owned Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories. Credit: Dominion Diamond/Brosha Photography

Dominion Diamond’s sparkling start in fiscal 2015

Toronto-based Dominion Diamond (TSX: DDC; NYSE: DDC) reported a strong operational start to the year, with higher-than-expected diamond production, sales and average prices for its first quarter of fiscal 2015.


The Shahuindo project in Cajabamba, Peru. Credit: Sulliden Gold.

Rio Alto to buy Sulliden Gold for $300M

Gold producer Rio Alto Mining (TSX: RIO; NYSE: RIOM) is acquiring developer Sulliden Gold (TSX: SUE, US-OTC: SDDDF) in a friendly $300-million, all-share deal to create a new mid-tier gold firm with low-cost operations in Peru. 



Geologists examining maps at Continental Gold's Buritic project in Colombia. Credit: Continental Gold

Resource grows at Continental’s Buritic in Colombia

Continental Gold (TSX: CNL; US-OTC: CGOOF) has updated the resource estimate for the two major vein systems at its Buritica gold project in Colombia. Both systems are characterized by multiple, steeply dipping veins and broader, more…


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