Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Roberto improves with drilling

Virginia Gold Mines (VIA-T) has cut significant gold at its lonore property, 320 km north of Matagami, in the Opi…


Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (October 04, 2004)


Miners a haven in weak market

U.S. stock markets turned downward in the report period Sept. 22-28 amid generally gloomy news on consumer spending and durable goods orders, and on a further decline in leading economic indicators. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 1.6% at…



The dormant Summit Lake gold mine (lower right), in the Stewart area of northwestern British Columbia.

Gold explorers scour historic BC camp

Vancouver — Undergound drilling by Tenajon Resources (TJS-V) on the Summit Lake gold project is one of many exploration programs under way in the rugged Stewart area of northwestern British Columbia.


A view of Meridian Gold's flagship El Peon gold-silver mine in Chile, one of the lowest-cost gold mines in the world.

Meridian options Nicaraguan find

Eager to expand its exploration efforts and use the expertise gained from mining low-sulphidation epithermal vein systems in Chile, Meridian Gold (MNG-T) has struck a deal with Radius Gold (RDU-V) to earn a 60…


Pat McAndless, Imperial Metals' vice-president of exploration (centre), and Biran Kynoch, president (right), at the Northeast zone drill site, part of the Mount Polley project in central British Columbia.

Drilling expands Mount Polley

Vancouver — Imperial Metals (III-T) has expanded copper-gold mineralization at the Mount Polley mine project, 56 km northeast of Williams Lake in central British Columbia.



Tahera advances Jericho (October 04, 2004)

Tahera Diamond‘s (TAH-T) Jericho diamond project in Nunavut took another step toward reality after the Kitikmeot Inuit Association formally signed an Inuit impact-benefit agreement.


A Kluane portable core-drilling rig in operation at Corriente Resources' Mirador copper project in Ecuador.

Corriente updates Mirador (October 04, 2004)

Vancouver — A new resource estimate for the Mirador copper-gold project in southeastern Ecuador augurs well for Corriente Resources (CTQ-T), which plans to build a 20,000-to-25,000-tonne-per-day operation.


Landing at the Shabogamo nickel-copper project in western Labrador.

Gallery, BHP to drill Shabogamo

Gallery Resources (GYR-V) and joint-venture partner BHP Diamonds, a unit of BHP Billiton (BHP-N), have identified five priority drill targets on their Shabogamo nickel-copper project in western Labrador.


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