Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Olympus Pacific hits hot holes at Phuoc Son project

Vancouver — After a short drilling hiatus, in observance of the Vietnamese new year (Tet), Olympus Pacific Minerals (OYM-V) is back drilling at the Phuoc Son joint venture in the country’s central re…


Finnish precious metal projects lure explorers

Given the interest in exploration for platinum group metals (PGMs) in northern Ontario and its long history of gold production, it is surprising that more explorers are not targeting projects in Finla…


GoldenTemple adds to holdings in Mexico

As part of a strategy to focus on emerging mineral districts, Golden Temple Mining (GTM-V) has acquired two new properties in Mexico. One is in an emerging zinc district; the other covers a new discov…


Orogrande tests Burnt Pond

In a small drilling program, junior Orogrande Resources (org-v) is testing the Burnt Pond massive sulphide property in north-central Newfoundland.The 7.25-sq.-km property, which lies 35 km east of the…


Resource at Wallaby grows

Drilling beneath the Wallaby gold deposit at the Granny Smith mine in Western Australia has added 2.1 million oz., bringing the total resource of the deposit to 7.1 million contained ounces.Granny Smi…



De Beers expands Ontario search

De Beers Canada Exploration has signed an exploration agreement with Spider Resources (SPQ-V) and partner KWG Resources on a piece of ground covering 13,000 sq. km in the James Bay Lowlands of norther…


Exploration boosts resource at Rosia Montana

By mid-2001, Gabriel Resources (GBU-T) expects to have completed a feasibility study for its 80%-owned Rosia Montana gold project, in central Romania. The independent study will take into account resu…


Placer Dome options Vedron’s Timmins property

Toronto-based junior Vedron Gold (YVG-V) has finally closed last summer’s option agreement with Placer Dome (PDG-T).Placer can earn a 51% interest in Vedron’s sole significant asset, its namesake prop…




Noranda and Mintek to study copper bioleaching

Noranda (NOR-T) has decided to research the bioleaching of copper ore, taking its cue from three large base metal producers: Chile’s Codelco, Britain’s Billiton and Mexico’s Industrias…


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