CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVE: Congratulations Northern Star, Canada’s next gold producer

Northern Star Mining of Val d'Or, QC, will join the ranks of Canadian gold producers in the first week of February, when for the first time it pours a doré bar at its Beacon gold mill. The ore comes from the company's Malartic-Midway underground project.

The Malartic-Midway project includes two former mines (Malartic Goldfields No.1 and No.2) that produced 1.95 million oz of gold from 1939 to 1965. Previous operations were conducted to a depth of 915 metres, but Northern Star has drilled gold mineralization to a depth of 1,600 metres where it encountered material grading 9.41 g/t Au over 21 metres.

Northern Star has been investigating the Malartic-Midway property for a decade. In 2006 the company acquired the 900-t/d Beacon mill to process ore from the Malartic-Midway mine.

As with all mining developments, patience (and a good metal price) is a virtue.

CMJ is pleased to welcome a new gold producer into the Canadian fold. To Northern Star and its strategic partner Dumas Contracting, we say well done!