Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Drilling expands Millennium

Denver — Glamis Gold (GLG-N) is half-way through an 80,000-ft. drilling program at the Millennium project in Nevada, where it expects to outline a new resource.Glamis owns a 66.7% interest in Marigol…


Majescor options Portage property to BHP

Encouraged by results from till sampling in the Otish Mountains area of central Quebec, BHP Diamonds has struck a deal with Majescor Resources (MAJ-V) to earn up to a 56% interest in the Portage prope…


BHP acquires Dia Met, boosts stake in Ekati

Having acquired 98.2% of Dia Met Minerals’ (DMM-T) Class A subordinate voting shares and 84.9% of its Class B multiple voting, Australia’s BHP (BHP-N) has further extended its $687-million takeover of…



Partners turn up low grades in Kirkland Lake

Five holes drilled in the South Break and 180 Splay structures in Lebel and Gauthier twps., near Kirkland Lake, Ont., have intersected long intervals of low-grade gold mineralization.Partners Queensto…


Rio drops Vicuna property

Vancouver — Despite cutting wide zones of copper-silver mineralization in its first round of drilling on the Vicuna gold project in northwestern Argentina, Rio Tinto (RTP-N) has decided to stop explo…


Nevada miners support power usage bill

Denver — A coalition of mining companies, power companies and resort casinos has filed suit in the Nevada state Supreme Court, seeking passage of a bill that could affect how large electricity-users …


Wolfden acquires past producer (July 02, 2001)

Wolfden Resources (YWO-V) intends to buy the past-producing Argosy gold property in the revived Red Lake mining district of northwestern Ontario.To do so, Wolfden must spend $10,000 in cash and issue …


Anglo steps up work at Aripuana

This year, Anglo American will spend at least $1.1 million exploring the Aripuana volcanogenic massive sulphide project in Brazil — a joint venture with Toronto-based Karmin Exploration.Ground geophy…


Quake disrupts copper mine in Peru

Denver — Southern Peru Copper (PCU-N) has shut down operations at the Toquepala copper mine after an 8.1-magnitude earthquake shook the country in late June.Operations resumed days later, with no inj…


Metal Prices (July 02, 2001)

DateJune 26June 25June 22June 21June 20BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)…


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