Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Vancouver — Diamond drilling by Freegold Ventures (ITF-T) on the Golden Summit property in Alaska has confirmed that high-grade gold continues beyond the old workings.

The government of Kenya has granted Tiomin Resources (TIO-T) a 21-year mining licence for the long-stalled Kwale titanium-sands project, near Mombasa. The licence allows for the mining of ilmenite, rutile, and zircon.

A late-period slide erased earlier gains and helped the Toronto Stock Exchange’s gold index end the July 7-13 report period 0.23 of a point lower at 202.97. The gold miners mirrored the yellow metal, which managed to retain some of its earlier gai…

Vancouver — Black Bull Resources (BBS-V) has started producing coarse, crushed quartz at its White Rock mine in Yarmouth Cty., N.S.

Highland Gold sews up Russian ground…

Over the period ended July 13, Brazil’s CVRD announced its first-ever direct investment in China in the form of a joint venture to produce coke fuel with China’s Yankuang Group and Japan’s Itochu Corp.

MacMillan Gold (MMG-V) has intersected significant gold and silver grades at its Cerro de Oro property in Zacatecas state, Mexico.