Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A plane carries supplies and personnel to Wolfden Resources' High Lake camp in Nunavut.

Wolfden propels High Lake toward feasibility

At its High Lake polymetallic project in Nunavut, Wolfden Resources (WLF-T) is making the most of a spectacular grassroots exploration find and the relatively inexpensive purchases of a gold deposit and a mill.


Photo by Pattie BealesVal Pratico, contract geologist (left), and David Webb, president of Tyhee Development, stand in front of the entrance to the Ormsby decline.

Tyhee decline advances on the Ormsby zone

Yellowknife, N.W.T. — Tyhee Development (TDC-V) has stepped up exploration of the Ormsby zone, part of the Discovery-Nicholas Lake gold property, 90 km from Yellowknife, N.W.T.



The ore-processing facilities at the Zinkgruvan lead-zinc mine, 200 km southwest of Stockholm, Sweden. The mine is owned by Rio Tinto and Lundin Mining.

Lundin celebrates Swedish homecoming

Stockholm, Sweden — As a result of acquiring the Zinkgruvan mine in central Sweden from Rio Tinto (RTP-N), Vancouver-based Lundin Mining (LUN-T) is supplying lead and zinc concentrate to smelters in northern…


Tamerlane ambitious at Pine Point mine

Vancouver — The once-grand Pine Point mine, on the southern shore of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories, is getting a test drive by Tamerlane Ventures (TAM-V), which is eying both existing and potential resources of…



Financing triggers higher trading in Bema

The 7-day report period beginning Oct. 20 saw the price of gold rise US$8.15 to close at US$427.50 per oz. in the afternoon of Oct. 26 in London. During the week, gold hit a near 16-year peak; on Oct. 26, however, it fell $1.65. The gold index ro…


Golden Valley Mines' camp on Kenty Lake in Nunavik

Ungava a bright spot for nickel exploration

There’s still nothing like a fashionable commodity to bring out the explorers, and nickel’s ascendancy is probably the best thing that has happened to Canadian exploration since, well, the last big nickel discovery.


Northern Lion advances Haveri (November 01, 2004)

Northern Lion Gold (NL-V) has retained Roscoe Postle Associates (RPA) to help define a resource estimate of the in situ mineral resource at the Haveri gold-copper project in southwestern Finland.


Klondex pulls high grade at Fire Creek

Vancouver — Klondex Mines (KDX-V) has intersected several high-grade gold zones, as well as lower grades, over impressive widths at its Fire Creek property in Nevada’s Battle Mountain-Eureka trend.


Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (November 01, 2004)


Anglo, Knight to keep at it in Ungava

Recent drill results may have disappointed the stock market, but joint-venture partners Anglo American (AAUK-Q) and Knight Resources (KNP-V) still plan a large exploration program next year on their West Ragla…


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