Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Aur Resources’ (AUR-T) 2-week-old bid to acquire a 76.5% interest in the Quebrada Blanca open-pit copper mine in Chile came to an abrupt end as one of the mine’s remaining shareholders, Chilean-based …

With gold prices still hovering around US$300 per oz., exploration companies are increasingly seeking other commodities, including platinum group metals (PGM), according to a report published by Halif…

I was bemused to read the opinion by Vivian Danielson entitled “Yukon miners cry ‘foul’ over Tombstone park process” (T.N.M., March 6/00). Perhaps a better title would have been “Crusading Toronto pub…

Rockwell Ventures (RCW-V) has raised the remainder of the $2.2 million needed to begin development at its Pedra Blanca platinum group elements project in Brazil.Financing for the project was raised un…

Ste-Foy, Que.-based Robex Resources (RBX-M) says “technical reasons” forced it to cancel a $300,000 financing plan a little more than a month after it was announced.However, the company raised $500,00…

A Toronto mining executive is warning Canadian juniors against a scheme in which companies are promised introductions to European investors eager to own mining shares.William Burton, president of Toro…

Having assumed the reins of the Kemess mine, about 300 km northwest of here, Northgate Exploration (NGX-T) is determined to turn the large-tonnage, low-grade copper-gold producer into a profit-maker.S…