Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Wolfden drills Monument Bay

Initial drilling by Wolfden Resources (WOLF-C) at the Monument Bay gold project in northeastern Manitoba has returned encouraging results.The first four holes intersected an alteration zone with a str…


Partners explore Ecuador

Corriente Resources (CTQ-T) has joined forces with Arizona-based Lowell Mineral Exploration and London-listed Billiton to explore for porphyry copper deposits in southeastern Ecuador.The area of inter…


Sulliden finds new targets in Peru

Since an initial 10-hole drill program has failed to replicate promising surface results from the La Rubia and Boliche structures, Sulliden Exploration (SUE-M) is shifting its focus to a silicified ri…


Virginia ventures into uncharted regions of Quebec

The recent discovery by Virginia Gold Mines (VIA-T) of a nickel sulphide deposit in northern Quebec has reaffirmed the company’s position as one of the most active explorers in the province.In the fal…



Anglo to carry Rubicon at Ontario project

I am writing in reference to your short article on the Rubicon-AngloGold letter-of-intent to form a joint venture to explore Rubicon’s Red Lake project in northwestern Ontario (T.N.M., Feb. 14-20/00)….


The Northern Miner — Small Producers Index (February 28, 2000)


Stanfield responds to controversy

Your article, “Regulators probe Bull River” (T.N.M., Feb.7-13/00), requires the companies to respond. Government geologists, in their report, acknowledge the thousands of metres of drilling and underg…



Unsteady Dow buoys gold

Fear of further interest rate hikes pushed the Dow Jones industrial average down 413.25 points, or 3.9%, to 10,304.84 for the report period ended Feb. 22, while gold edged up to US$305.60 per oz. on t…



Birim re-interprets Opon mineralization

Junior Birim Goldfields (BGI-T) has resumed drilling at its Dunkwa concession in the prolific Ashanti gold belt of Ghana.A minimum of 18 holes will be sunk at the Opon prospect to test for strike exte…


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