Articles by Northern Miner Staff

New hit for Aurizon

Exploration drilling by Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T) west of the Casa Berardi mine in Quebec has intersected a quartz vein system. The drill hole was collared about 1.9 km west of the new…


Feasibility gets under way at Star

Shore Gold (SGF-T) has started bulk sampling for a prefeasibility study on production from the Star kimberlite in the Fort la Corne area of central Saskatchewan….





More gold at Raven

Vancouver — Drilling by Committee Bay Resources (CBR-V) has confirmed high-grade gold mineralization found at surface on its Raven discovery, northeast of Baker Lake, N.W.T….



Spot Prices Tuesday May 24, 2005 Courtesy of Scotiabank

Precious Metals Price (US$/oz.) Change
Gold $420.35 -2.10
Silver $7.00 +0.03
Platinum<...


Miners rebound

The Toronto Stock Exchange weathered a politically tumultuous holiday-shortened report period, May 17-20, to end 128.91 higher at 9,452.19 points. The golds managed to claw back 3.56 points from the p…


Virginia enlarges Roberto gold zone

Drilling by Virginia Gold Mines (VIA-T) has extended the known strike length and depth of the Roberto zone on the lonore project, in the Opinaca reservoir area of the James Bay re…


Magnetics essay contest returns

To encourage better understanding of magnetics in resource exploration and related fields, a group of mining suppliers is sponsoring an essay contest for Canadian post-secondary students….


Junior sector weakens with falling gold price

Junior mining stocks continued to show no signs of a turnaround as metal prices remained weak during the shortened trading period May 17-20. A strengthening U.S. economy and greenback are largely resp…


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