Articles by Northern Miner Staff

It wasn’t a light at the end of tunnel after all — only an English banker stumbling around with a flashlight, checking out how much gold he had left to sell in his bargain basement.Notwithstanding th…

With its production season just begun, Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) found itself $680,777 (or 2 cents per share) in the red during the 3-month period ended March 31, compared with a loss of $303,984…

Although it enjoyed exploration success in the first quarter, St Andrew Goldfields (SAS-T) was not so lucky financially.In the three months ended March 31, the Toronto-based junior lost $453,676 (or 2…

Newly listed Berland Resources (BNL-V) is funding a drill program at Echo Bay Mines’ (ECO-T) Ogden Twp. property in Ontario’s Timmins camp.The junior holds an option to earn 50% of Echo Bay’s interest…

Partners Sand River Resources (SRL-V) and Spokane Resources (SKN-V) have begun an initial 1,500-metre program of diamond drilling on their Minerales project in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.Three new…

Partners Corriente Resources (CTG-T) and London-based Rio Tinto,/C> (RTP-N) have begun a program of reverse-circulation drilling on a portion of the Taca-Taca project in Argentina’s Salta province.The…

With results from the winter program in hand, Pioneer Metals (PSM-T) is gearing up for a summer program at its Riou Lake uranium project in northern Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin.Pioneer says winter …

Drilling by Cumberland Resources (CBD-T) at its wholly owned Meadowbank gold property in Nunavut is expanding one deposit and upgrading another.Situated north of Baker Lake, the project consists of fo…

Armed with $2.3 million in its treasury, Nevada Pacific Gold (NPG-V) is advancing several early-stage gold projects, most of which are in Nevada.The Vancouver-based junior is zeroing in on the Carlin …

Junior Barramundi Gold (BAM-A) has begun a shallow, 60-hole program of core drilling at its Longline gold project in the west-central Yukon.The work is part of an attempt to reassess the resource repr…

Few mineral properties are as aptly named as Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T) Goldstrike, in Nevada’s prolific Carlin trend.The property’s two operating mines, Betze-Post and Meikle, are expected to churn out m…