Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Potgeitersrus, South Africa — Three years of exploration at the Klipspringer project have turned what started as a single showing into a significant diamond producer.Operator SouthernEra Resources (S…

Drilling is underway on the 101,000-ha Peace River prospect in north-central Alberta.Primero Industries (PMI-V) holds an option to earn a half-interest in the project from New Claymore Resources (NCS-…

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During 1997, Viceroy Resource’s (VOY-T) share of production from its two mines totalled 158,348 oz. gold at an average cash cost of US$244 per oz.Since achieving commercial production last May, the fu…

Softrock Minerals (SFT-A) has identified areas of anomalous gold mineralization at its Lindenow property in southeastern Greenland.In the portion of the property known as Kutseq, preliminary explorati…

Alexander Bay, South Africa — Although it produces from several operations, Trans Hex Group remains focused on alluvial diamond production at its Orange River property near here.Situated 50 km upstre…

Toronto-based Minorca Resources (MAR-T) recently purchased 1.3 million shares of Canarc Resource (CCM-T), and followed up this $1-million private placement by acquiring an additional 800,000 Canarc sh…

The first hole drilled by ProAm Explorations (PMX-V) has failed to hit the motherlode at the Golden Boy project north of Winnipeg, Man.While the drilling did intersect extensive disseminated sulphides…

Virginia Gold Mines (VIA-M) has identified a gold-bearing structure at its Corvet West property near James Bay, in Quebec.The showing, situated in the Guyer volcanic belt, is associated with an east-w…

Junior Argentina Gold (ARP-V) has released further drill results from its 60%-owned Veladero project, 400 km north of San Juan in western Argentina, near the Chilean border.The Vancouver-based company…

Arguing that the government of Nova Scotia did not have the authority to revoke its right to access and explore a tract of ground in western Cape Breton, Regal Goldfields (REGL-C) has applied to the p…

Hoping to capitalize on its home-field advantage, newly listed Rubicon Minerals (RMX-V) is preparing to explore gold and base metal projects in some of Canada’s foremost mining camps.Launched late las…