Diamonds were a respectable exploration target in Canada in the 1960s and 1970s when De Beers and several major companies launched highly secretive programs aimed at finding kimberlites similar to tho…
Denver — Formation Capital (FCO-T) has acquired an option to buy a silver refinery, antimony plant and tailings pond at the Sunshine mine, near Kellogg, Idaho.The purchase price is US$2.3 million, th…
Vancouver — Inca Pacific Resources (IP-V) intends to advance the Magistral copper porphyry-skarn project in Peru to the prefeasiblity stage, despite having received only mixed results from the final …
Vancouver-based Bema Gold (BGO-T) is putting the finishing touches on its 79%-owned high-grade Julietta gold-silver underground mine some two months ahead of schedule, The mine is in the Magadan regio…
A depressed rough diamond market has given De Beers cause to push back production from the Snap Lake underground diamond project in Canada’s Far North until 2006, more than a year longer than was orig…
Vancouver — Northgate Exploration (NGX-T) has cut some impressive gold and copper grades at the Kemess North project in north-central British Columbia. The deposit is about 5 km north of the producin…
Vancouver — Goldfields and fellow Australian gold miner Delta Gold have inked a merger deal that will catapult the new company to the million-ounce-per-year level. The merged entity will rank as one …
Manhattan Minerals (MAN-T) has raised $5.4 million in a private placement, with a considerable portion of the proceeds earmarked for the Tambo Grande gold and base metal project in northern Peru.Natio…
TVX Normandy Americas, the joint venture between TVX Gold (TVX-T), with a 50.1% interest, and Normandy Mining (NDY-T), with 49.9%, holds a half-interest in the New Britannia mine in Manitoba, which it…
It would have been impossible fifty years ago, and scandalous twenty years ago, but today, for some incomprehensible reason, the Ontario government is considering setting aside parts of the Destor-Por…
We at The Northern Miner join civilized people everywhere in extending our condolences and prayers to the families and loved ones of those who died in the recent terrorist attacks in New York City, Wa…
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