Hot holes get hotter for Canadian Royalties
Vancouver — Wasting no time capitalizing on the recent popularity of its stock, Canadian Royalties (CZZ-V) is aimi…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
LionOre pours first gold from Thunderbox (November 19, 2002)
After nine months of construction and development, LionOre Mining International (LIM-T) has poured the first gold d…
Meridian drops Machacala
Shares of Montreal-based junior Gold Hawk Resources (CGK-V) were sent reeling on Nov. 19, after the company announc…
Trading Summary (November 18, 2002)
Toronto’s gold stocks followed the yellow metal lower on Monday, dropping 3.79 points or more than 2% to end at 179…
Emerald interest resurfaces in Yukon
Vancouver In the autumn of 1998, field geologist Bill Wengzynowski sparked a flurry of exploration activity by di…
Canico cuts new zone in Brazil
Vancouver An ongoing 11,000-metre drill program has discovered a new zone of nickel laterite mineralization on th…
AfriOre adds to gold stable
Continuing its move into the gold business, AfriOre (AFO-T) has been awarded a special prospecting licence for the…
Partners sink $5.4m underground at McCreedy West
FNX Mining (FNX-T) and Dynatec (DY-T) have begun a $5.4-million underground exploration program at the McCreedy Wes…
Canadian Royalties tags hot holes at Expo-Ungava
Vancouver — Drill results reported by Canadian Royalties (CZZ-V) continue to indicate the economic potential of the Expo-Ungava nickel-copper-platinum-palladium project in northern Quebec.”We’re exci…
Diavik helps skills program
Diavik Diamond Mines has donated $10,000 to the Northwest Territories and Nunavut chapter of Skills Canada in an effort to help fund programs providing courses in trades and technology.Skills Canada r…
Correction (November 18, 2002)
The story “New tents pitched in Red Lake camp” (T.N.M., Oct. 21/02) incorrectly stated that Southern Star Resources (YSO-V) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Golden Star Resources (GSC-T).Southern Star …
Platinum in high demand
Demand for platinum is forecast to climb by 2.9% to 6.4 million oz. in 2002, according to an interim review of platinum-group-metal markets published by London-based Johnson Matthey.Chinese purchases …