Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Summer doldrums appear to be ending for TSX-Venture junior miners. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index closed at 1524.79, up 17.5 points over the trading period Aug. 25-31. Daily volumes have also seen awakenings, with well over 20 millio…

Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) has arranged a US$300-million acquisition facility with HVB Group, Germany’s second-largest private bank, to finance up to three separate acquisitions. The 15-month facility can be used to acquire…

Vancouver — Drill results from the Black Fox project, near Matheson, Ont., continue to augur well for Apollo Gold (APG-T).

Vancouver — Great Basin Gold (GBG-T) has started a prefeasibility study of Area 1 of its Burnstone property in South Africa.

European Minerals (EPM.U-T) has completed infill drilling on the periphery of proposed open pits at its Varvarinskoye project, 130 km southwest of Kustanai in northern Kazakhstan.

Vancouver — Reverse-circulation drilling by Simberi Gold (SAU-V) has intersected high gold grades from the surface of the Sorowar deposit in Papau New Guinea.

Erdene Gold (ERD-V) has intersected significant gold and copper at its Khukh Bulag (Blue Springs) property in south-central Mongolia.

Atikwa Minerals — Ian Atkinson resigned as president but remains director; CFO Bradley Kipp adds the title of president.