Energy ministers form committee
Federal, provincial and territorial energy ministers have agreed to establish an Energy Markets Committee to ensure a co-operative approach to furthering North American energy opportunities.The minist…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Cominco resolves strike
Denver — Striking workers have returned to work at the Cajamarquilla zinc smelter in Peru after reaching an agreement with Cominco (CLT).The company, which controls an 82% stake in the plant, north o…
Francisco expands Guatemalan find (July 23, 2001)
Drill results from a reported 43 of 52 core holes completed on the Marlin gold discovery in northern Guatemala have so far defined a thick, near-surface, shallow dipping main zone of oxidized gold min…
Mampon looking good for Ashanti, Birim
Drilling by Ashanti Goldfields (ASL-N) at the Mampon gold deposit in Ghana continues to yield long, gold-rich intersections.The deposit lies in a 40-sq.-km portion of the Dunkwa property, spun off to …
Ghana ponders dropping Ashanti’s “golden share”
Denver — Ghana’s Mining Commission has recommended that the government reduce its involvement in the gold industry, by scrapping state participation in mining operations and dropping its “golden shar…
Chinese antimony exports down: report
A new report says official Chinese exports of antimony fell by 67% year-on-year in the first four months of 2001.The Economics of Antimony 2001 (9th edition), compiled by London-based Roskill Informat…
Philex results fail to impress
Vancouver — Despite having all the earmarks of a significant find at its Boyongan copper-gold prospect on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines, shares of Philex Gold (PGI-V) headed lower followi…
Halmahera put on the shelf
Vancouver — Political uncertainty in Indonesia has come home to roost for prospective nickel laterite miner, Weda…
Veladero reserves upped
A second year of drilling at the Veladero property in Argentina has nearly doubled gold reserves and upped silver r…
Newmont warns on lower production
Denver-based Newmont Mining (NEM-N), one of the world’s largest gold miners, has indicated that lower production an…
Haoya out, Yunnan in for Southwestern
Vancouver — Low gold prices have prompted Southwestern Resources (SWG-T) to stop exploring the Haoya project in Mo…
Vannessa releases details of Las Cristinas deal (July 20, 2001)
Junior Vannessa Ventures (VVV-V) purchased a 95% interest in the Las Cristinas gold project in Venezuela for a “nom…