A sweet week for golds
Gold bugs were delighted over the holiday-shortened report period as prices for the yellow metal surged more than US$7 to a new, 6-year high of almost US$360 per oz.Gold has been on a steady march upw…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Investors eye potential at China’s Boka play
Vancouver — The giant Boka gold deposit in southern China has grabbed the attention of investors, who, despite the absence of drill results, have rewarded property operator Southwestern Resources (SW…
Wolfden peddles Red Lake properties
Having just arranged to acquire the 30% interest in the My-Ritt property it does not already own, Wolfden Resources (YWO-V) is granting Teck Cominco (TEK-T) an option to take a 60% stake in the proper…
From foxes to flowcharts Hall of Fame inductees run the gamut of the mineral industry
A hundred years of mining were distilled into a few hours at the fifteenth annual induction ceremony and dinner of the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame in Toronto on January 16.In the hundredth anniversar…
Rio Narcea lines up Glencore at Aguablanca
One month after arranging a US$61-million financing, Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T) has signed a long-term offtake agreement with Swiss commodity trader Glencore International for concentrate from the …
The hammer and the fox
There’s a story about the discovery of silver in northern Ontario, and this is how it goes:When the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway (T&NO) line from North Bay to Haileybury and New Liskeard w…
Venezuelan opposition may be country’s last hope Chaining the strongman
It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitu…
Kenya gives nod to Tiomin’s Kwale
Kenyan approval of the environmental management plan for the Kwale titanium-sands project sent shares in Tiomin Resources (TIO-T) soaring more than 42% in early trading in Toronto on Jan. 21.The appro…
Juniors join forces
Juniors St Andrew Goldfields (SAS-T), Royal Victoria Minerals (RVM-V) and United Tex-Sol Mines (UTX.A-V) have taken a cue from their larger peers and decided to merge.The 3-way merger calls…
Pele’s Cristal yields large stone (January 27, 2003)
Lakefield Research has recovered a 0.72-carat diamond from Pele Mountain Resources’ (GEM-V) Cristal occurrence, on the Festival property, near Wawa, Ont.The stone measures 4.42 by 4.28 by 3.58 mm and …
South Atlantic hot on Swedish targets; Rio Narcea
Drilling will follow relogging and sampling of existing coreVancouver — South Atlantic Ventures (saa-v) has begun exploring for Olympic Dam-style deposits of iron oxide, copper and gold (IOCG) in nor…
Canabrava recovers diamonds at Hadley Bay
Junior Canabrava Diamond (CNB-T) has recovered three stones from the Turnstone kimberlite, one of a cluster of ten magnetic anomalies discovered last summer at the Hadley Bay diamond property in the C…