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…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
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…
Kennecott ups diamond search at Rockinghorse
While Tahera (TAH-T) awaits details of next year’s budget for the Rockinghorse project in the Coronation Gulf diamond district of Nunavut, its joint-venture partner, Kennecott Canada Exploration, is c…
Harmony grabs Jipangu’s High River stake
Harmony Gold Mining (HGMCY-Q), South Africa’s third-largest producer of the yellow metal, has agreed to acquire more than 17 million shares of Toronto-based High River Gold Mines (HRG-T) from Jipangu,…
Atlas Copco combines divisions
Atlas Copco will fold its drill rig and loader/truck businesses into one division by transferring production of the latter from Portland, Ore., to its Rock Excavation Technology Center in Sweden.The t…
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 …
Seahorse douses GGL’s hopes
The discovery of multiple kimberlites by GGL Diamond (GGL-V) on its Seahorse property in the Lac de Gras area of the Northwest Territories has proved barren of diamonds.A cluster of three irregular in…
Edgar Pye
Edgar Pye, who formed the Ontario Geological Survey in 1972, has died.A geology graduate of the University of Toronto, Pye began his career in 1948, mapping iron formations in Ashmore and Errington tw…