Zinc and Lead Top Stories

Treasure Hunt: Bathurst – The camp that powered the modern world

After the launch of The Great Canadian Treasure Hunt, explorers from coast to coast have been digging into Canada’s mining past – […]

Northern Miner Staff | March 26, 2026 | 9:26 am

Infographic: Production milestones to watch in 2026

As 2025 comes to a close, The Northern Miner looks ahead to…

Blair McBride | November 28, 2025 | 2:02 pm

Deepest marathon on Earth tests runners and miners

It was hot, damp and utterly dark, the kind of…

Blair McBride | October 29, 2025 | 11:00 am

Spotlight: Mining and Exploration in BC, Prairie Provinces and the Far North – Part 2

Canada is among the world’s best mining jurisdictions and has…

Northern Miner Staff | July 11, 2025 | 2:24 pm

Infographic: Mining and exploration in Greenland

Greenland has made headlines in the last six months amid…

Blair McBride | July 11, 2025 | 11:59 am

NorZinc eyes larger Prairie Creek operation in NWT, starts PEA

NorZinc Ltd. (TSX: NZC; OTC: NORZF) has launched a preliminary economic assessment for a 2,400 t/d production plan for the 100%-owned Prairie Creek silver-zinc-lead […]

Marilyn Scales | September 15, 2021 | 10:55 am

Kutcho Copper expands high-grade BC resource, advances feasibility

Kutcho Copper (TSXV: KC; OTC: KCCFF) has updated the resources at its wholly owned copper-zinc project, 100 km east of Dease Lake, […]

Marilyn Scales | September 14, 2021 | 9:53 am

Ancient remains send warning message on current lead exposure in humans

An international team of researchers discovered that as worldwide lead production began and increased, so too did the rates of lead absorption […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 29, 2021 | 8:08 am

GR Silver reports first resource for Plomosas in Mexico

GR Silver Mining (TSXV: GRSL; OTC: GRSLF) delivered the first 43-101 compliant resource estimate for the former Plomosas silver mine in Sinaloa, […]

Marilyn Scales | August 25, 2021 | 11:20 am

Foran raises $100M for McIlvenna Bay copper project

Foran Mining (TSXV: FOM; OTC: FMCXF) has completed a $100-million private placement to support development and exploration at its McIlvenna Bay copper project […]

Marilyn Scales | August 9, 2021 | 11:25 am

Osisko Metals hires BBA for Pine Point greenhouse gas estimate

Osisko Metals (TSXV: OM; OTC: OMZNF) has launched a scope 1 level estimate of potential greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the Pine […]

Marilyn Scales | July 27, 2021 | 9:52 am

Metal pollution, tourism threatening drinking water around Mount Everest

New research published in the journal Science of the Total Environment, reveals that wind-transported metal pollution from mining paired with activities linked […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 12, 2021 | 6:06 am

Starr Peak cuts 6.7 metres of 18.07% zinc-equivalent at NewMétal in Quebec

Vancouver-based Starr Peak Mining (TSX-V:STE) has reported some eye-catching drill results from the 2021 campaign on its NewMétal property in the Abitibi […]

Alisha Hiyate | July 6, 2021 | 12:53 pm

Mining brines from dormant volcanoes could provide the metals needed for a sustainable future

Scientists at the University of Oxford are proposing the idea of sustainably extracting copper, gold, zinc, silver and lithium from brines trapped […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 4, 2021 | 6:30 am

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Treasure Hunt: Bathurst – The camp that powered the modern world

Infographic: Production milestones to watch in 2026

Deepest marathon on Earth tests runners and miners

Spotlight: Mining and Exploration in BC, Prairie Provinces and the Far North – Part 2

Infographic: Mining and exploration in Greenland

NorZinc eyes larger Prairie Creek operation in NWT, starts PEA

Kutcho Copper expands high-grade BC resource, advances feasibility

Ancient remains send warning message on current lead exposure in humans

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