Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Eaglecrest to extract bulk samples from San Simon

The presence of free, coarse-grained gold and difficulties related to the estimation of resources and reserves have prompted Eaglecrest Explorations (EEL-V) to extract large bulk samples from the San …


Corriente hot on Mirador property

Recent drilling by Corriente Resources (CTQ-T) suggests that the Mirador project in Ecuador may represent a large copper-gold porphyry system with strong primary copper grades and a significant gold c…


Glamis operates low-cost producer

Mining and processing are under way at Glamis Gold’s (GLG-T) San Martin heap-leach mine in southern Honduras.Situated 80 km north of Tegucigalpa, San Martin is the first mine to enter production under…


Brett gains high-grade Bolivian project

Though still subject to a 3-month due diligence review, Vancouver-based Brett Resources (BRN-V) has secured the right to acquire up to a 95% interest in the Victoria gold project in northern Bolivia, …


Seahawk

The first drill hole by Sulliden Exploration (SUE-T) at the Mario property, in the Peruvian department of Junin, has returned massive sulphide mineralization.The drill hole, the first in a 7-hole camp…


Radius, Barrick step up drilling at El Salitre

Partners Barrick Gold (ABX-T) and Radius Explorations (RDU-V) have launched a 2,000-metre program of reverse-circulation drilling on the El Salitre property in Mexico’s Guanajuato state.Discovered by …


Minefinders ups Dolores resource (October 23, 2000)

A new resource estimate for the Dolores deposit in Mexico’s Chihuahua state shows that the Main zone hosts about 3.2 million oz. gold and 165 million oz. silver.Using results from 230 holes and a cuto…


Taylor resurrection gets independent nod

An independent consultant to St Andrew Goldfields (SAS-T) has corroborated the need for an underground exploration and development program at the Taylor project, near Timmins, Ontario.Taylor, which wa…


Eclipse of Logan by Trudeau unnecessary

Recently, Prime Minister Jean Chretien announced that Mount Logan, Canada’s highest peak, would be renamed Pierre Elliott Trudeau Mountain. I am surprised. Is Canada’s natural (geographic) endowment s…


Alamo Dorado moves closer to heap leach operation

New metallurgical results confirm the feasibility of heap-leaching material mined from the Alamo Dorado silver-gold deposit, reports Corner Bay Minerals (BAY-T).Situated in Mexico’s Sonora state, Alam…


Cumberland adds deposit to Meadowbank

Drilling at the Meadowbank gold project, in Nunavut, has prompted Cumberland Resources (CBD-T) to initiate a resource estimate for the newly discovered Vault zone.The zone, situated 5 km northeast of …


Consolidation, hedging dominate Denver gold show

Delegates at Mining Investment Forum 2000, sponsored by the Denver Gold Group, were in general agreement that the gold sector would benefit from further consolidation.Over the past several months, two…


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