Atna sets sights on Fox
Atna Resources (ATN-T) recently announced an agreement with Cominco (CLT-T) to option a 49% interest in Cominco’s Fox property, situated in southeastern Yukon.Fox is contiguous with the Wolf property,…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
DIAMOND PAGE — DIAMOND NEWS ROUNDUP — Trivalence suffers quarterly loss
Despite having generated revenue of $3.4 million from its 85%-owned Aredor concession in Guinea, West Africa, Trivalence Mining (TMI-V) reported a loss of $232,138 (or 2 cents per share) for the quart…
DIAMOND PAGE — Lytton identifies targets in NWT
On their jointly held Jericho property in the Northwest Territories, Lytton Minerals (LTL-T) and New Indigo Resources (NDR-A) have identified more than 100 targets they believe may be related to kimbe…
First Dynasty tallies Armenian reserves
Reserves estimates have been attributed to two past-producing gold mines in Armenia, moving project operator First Dynasty Mines (FDM-T) several steps closer to renewing production.At the Zod mine, pr…
Mining Standards Task Force calls for licensure, tighter rules
The Mining Standards Task Force of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) and the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has proposed the strictest disclosure rules for mining companies of any jurisdiction in …
Argentina Gold drills new gold target at Valedero
Argentina Gold (ARP-V) has drilled a promising gold-silver intersection within a new target area at its Valedero property in Argentina’s San Juan province.Hole 76 was collared on the southeastern flan…
DIAMOND PAGE — DIAMOND NEWS ROUNDUP — TNK plans Gope exploration
TNK Resources (TNKR-C) reports that a program of geophysics is about to begin at its Gope diamond project in Botswana.Surveys will be conducted over 37 targets previously identified by high-altitude a…
DIAMOND PAGE — DIAMOND NEWS ROUNDUP — Nora adds to African holdings
Montreal-based Nora Exploration (NXI-M) has expanded its diamond exploration base in Africa by acquiring half-interests in two off-shore concessions in Namibia.The concessions, known as Block J and Bl…
Inmet unloads Abitibi property
Montreal-based Explorations Minieres du Nord (MDN-M) has struck a deal with Inmet Mining (IMN-T) to acquire that company’s interest in a gold property in the Abitibi region of Quebec.Work at the Lake …
DIAMOND PAGE — NWT play closer to bulk-sampling stage
Encouraged by results from preliminary evaluations of four diamondiferous kimberlite pipes at the AK-CJ project in the Northwest Territories, operator Monopros is set to begin a bulk-sampling program….
Samax, Shiega renegotiate Nkroful development plans
Samax Gold (SMX-T) has begun drilling to test a high-grade vein system at its Nkroful gold project in southern Ghana.The company can earn a 65% interest in the project from Shiega Resources (SHG-V) by…
Nord doubles gold resource
By relying more heavily on higher-grade sulphide mineralization, Nord Pacific (NPF-T) has doubled the gold resource at the Simberi Island project in Papua New Guinea.The company now pegs the deposit’s…