Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Orleans ships first wollastonite

Montreal-based Orleans Resources (OLS-T) has made its first commercial shipment of wollastonite concentrate from its new processing plant in Quebec’s St. Onge Twp., near Lac St.-Jean.The Montreal-base…



DIAMOND PAGE — Juniors nix merger

A recent decision handed down by the British Columbia Securities Commission has prompted Peruvian Gold (PVO-V) and Gabriel Resources (GBU-V) to scrap their planned merger.The Securities Commission rul…



Homestake’s mines turn in successful quarter

Gold mines belonging to Homestake Mining (HM-N) performed well in the first quarter, but not well enough to keep the company out of the red.Homestake reported a net income from operations of US$600,00…



MINING IN CANADA — Harmony buys Bissett mine

Harmony Gold Mining of South Africa has purchased the Bissett gold mine from the receivers handling the bankruptcy of Rea Gold.For most of its corporate life, Harmony was a unit of Randgold. By the en…


Ecuadorian consolidates holdings at Gaby

Zappa Resources (ZPA-V) is set to deal its interest in the Gaby gold deposit in southern Ecuador to Ecuadorian Minerals (EMC-T).In a deal valued at US$1.6 million, Ecuadorian would take sole interest …


MINING IN CANADA — VenCan wins mine lawsuit

A judge has dismissed a company’s allegations that VenCan Gold (VCG-M) wrongfully dealt a 50% interest in production from the Edwards gold mine near Dubreuilville, Ont., to River Gold Mines (RIV-T).Ex…




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