Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Mining at the Santa Gertrudis project, owned by Campbell Resources (CCH-N), ended in late 1997, though gold production will continue until all the ore remaining on leach pads is processed. The company…

New York-based South American Gold & Copper (SAG-T), or SAGC, has signed a letter-of-intent with Sociedad Contractual Minera Vilacollo (SCMV) to develop the Choquelimpie gold-silver-copper project in …

Recent insider trading transactions reported by the Ontario Securities Commission include the following:* Aber Resources (ABZ-T) — Kenneth Hanna, director, bought 10,000 shares indirectly at $12.65 t…

Low gold prices have prompted Vista Gold (VGZ-T) to scale down mining plans at the Amayapampa gold project in Bolivia.The company completed a feasibility study for a 3,000-tonne-per-day operation in t…

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Toronto-based Chesbar Resources (CBI-M) has released additional results from drilling at the La Salle I gold property on its Anacoco IV concession in Venezuela’s Bolivar state.The 41-hole, 5,000-metre…

Analysts following junior mining companies are painfully aware that this sector has, of late, been finding little favor with investors. The bear market and low metal prices are inducing analysts to fo…

When I was a mining inspector in northern Ontario in 1916, the Northern Pyrites mine was one of the operations I was responsible for. It lay 20 miles west of Sioux Lookout, near the Manitoba border, a…

Markets around the world were rocked during the Aug. 26-Sept. 1 report period as trading sessions saw maximum volatility and volume.Jittery North American markets sunk several percentage points on Aug…