Quebec court rejects Oka appeal
A Quebec court has reject an appeal by the Union of Agricultural Producers (UPA) Outaouais-Laurentides against an e…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Jilbey cuts gold at Taranga (November 25, 2003)
Initial drill results from the 240-sq.-km Taranga exploration permit in Burkina Faso, West Africa, have failed to m…
Trading Summary (November 24, 2003)
Toronto’s gold index felt the drag of a sinking yellow metal dropping 2.94 points to settle at 224.10 on Monday. Go…
AngloGold dishes Tanami
Vancouver Perth-based Tanami Gold has picked up the prospective Coyote gold deposit in northern Western Australia…
Olympic Dam shows more cracks
Production at WMC Resources’ (WMC-N) troubled Olympic Dam copper smelter in Southern Australia has been suspended a…
Metallic Ventures advances Esmeralda
Ongoing underground infill drilling by Metallic Ventures Gold (MVG-T) continues to cut high-grade gold values on th…
American Bonanza proves up Copperstone
Vancouver — Initial results from an ongoing 9,000-ft. program of underground drilling have confirmed the high-grade nature of the D zone on the Copperstone gold project in Arizona.American Bonanza Go…
Discoveries lure Placer Dome, Meridian Gold to Newfoundland
St. John’s, Nfld. — With little fanfare, Barrick Gold (ABX-T) walked away from the much-hyped Botwood Basin in Newfoundland earlier this summer after spending some 15 months assessing the potential f…
Court upholds Troilus award
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by Homestake Canada, a subsidiary of Barrick Gold (ABX-T), against the January 2001 judgment of the province’s Supreme Court awarding $88 m…
Fifteen Years Ago / November 1988
Inco sinks cash into ManitobaStill under fire for a recapitalization plan designed to fend off a hostile takeover, Inco is setting aside $100 million to sustain production in its Manitoba division. Ov…
Silver zone found at La Pitarrilla (November 24, 2003)
Preliminary drilling by Silver Standard Resources (SSO-V) has intersected a new silver zone at the Pitarrilla project, 170 km northwest of Durango, Mexico.The 16-hole program, 2,500-metre program was …
E3 to be free of charge
Beginning in March 2004, the E3 Environmental Excellence in Exploration program will be available on the Internet free of charge.The program was launched by the Prospectors & Developers Association of…