Articles by Northern Miner Staff


El Peon meets the grade

Meridian Gold (MNG-T) has passed a banking performance test at its El Peon gold-silver mine in northern Chile. As a result, interest charges against project financing have been reduced to London Inte…


NAME CHANGES (October 23, 2000)

Broker Gold Explorations Ltd. (BGE-V) has changed its name to Pacific Booker Minerals Inc. (BKM-V) on a 1-new-for-5-old-share basis.Denstone Minerals Ltd. (DSL-V) has changed its name to…


Machacala yields mixed results

Junior Gold Hawk Resources (CGK-M) has received mixed results from the final two holes sunk at its Machacala gold-silver property in Peru.The property, 40 km east of the city of Trujillo in the depar…


Romios busy at Scossa

The final seven holes of an initial 14-hole, 1,107-metre diamond drilling program by Romios Gold Resources (YRW-V) on its Scossa gold property in Pershing Cty., Nev., failed to cut the high grades enc…


EVENTS (October 23, 2000)

Oct. 30-Nov. 1 Earth Technologies Forum Conference on Climate Change and Ozone Protection — Hyatt Regency, Washington, D.C. Tel: (703) 807-4052. Fax: (703) 528-1734. E-mail: earthforum@a…



Junior companies scan Guatemala for yellow metal

The end of a 36-year-old civil war, combined with favourable revisions to the national mining code, has paved the way for junior explorers to evaluate the untapped mineral potential of Guatemala.Among…


News Roundup (October 23, 2000)

Southern Rio explores Santo TomasSouthern Rio Resources (SNZ-V) has launched a geophysical exploration program at its Santo Tomas copper prospect in northern Chile, 160 km southeast of the port of Iqu…


Luicho drill results clobber Pacific Rim

Results from the first 19 holes drilled on the highly touted Luicho prospect in southern Peru indicate that the gold mineralization is confined to only a portion of the upper sandstone unit in the Cen…


Valerie to drill Tajos de Oro project

Limited drilling is planned for Tajos de Oro, a gold-silver property near Nayarit, Mexico, under investigation by Valerie Gold Resources (VLG-V).As part of a first-phase due-diligence program, Valerie…


Gitennes faces legal hurdle at Virgen

A dispute between Cambior (CBJ-T) and the original owners of the Virgen gold property in Peru has created a stumbling block for Gitennes Exploration (GIT-T).In February, Cambior terminated its option …


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