Articles by Northern Miner Staff

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Chivor Emerald (CHIV.U-C) has achieved commercial production at its Oriente mine, which lies in the Chivor district of Colombia.The emeralds are being mined from a vein system recently discovered at w…

Affiliated juniors Newmex Mining (MEX-T) and Santa Cruz Gold (SCG-T) have begun discussing a “business combination.”Newmex is a wholly owned subsidiary of Great Lakes Minerals (GLK-T) created to contr…

Despite improved operating results at the Keystone gold mine near Lynn Lake, Man., the writedown of an exploration property left Black Hawk Mining (BHK-T) with a loss of $4.1 million (or 2 cents per s…

Drilling is under way at the Hartbeestlaagte 146 (H-146) and Zwartrand 145 (Z-145) diamond concessions in the Northwest Tansvaal province of South Africa.The concessions, which comprise 83 sq. km, are…

The feasibility study for the NWT Diamonds project, near Lac de Gras in the Northwest Territories, proposes the development of five kimberlite pipes over 17 years. However, given the discovery of addi…

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By 1909, the northeastern Ontario town of Cobalt boasted a rag-tag downtown consisting of tailors, dressmakers, haberdashers and ice cream makers. The merchants, like the miners themselves, came from …

ALUMINIUM: LME settlements US$1,646 per tonne, alloy $1,528 per tonne (Mar. 12/97).ANTIMONY: Composite free market, US$2,235 per tonne (Mar. 11/97).BISMUTH: Composite free market US$3.15 per lb. (Mar….

Odin Mining & Exploration (ODN-V) has received promising assays from the first three holes drilled at its Marcia gold property in southwestern Ecuador.Hole 2 intersected 29.92 metres from surface, gra…

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Mar.10/97 (change from previous week in brackets):Aluminium877,675(-4,775)Copper205,525(-9,275)Lead109,075(+1,050)Nickel45,8…

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