Articles by Northern Miner Staff

At the same time that preparations are being made for prefeasibility studies on two advanced gold projects in Ghana and Guinea, West Africa Mining and Exploration (SMF-T) is carrying out grassroots wo…

Following its acquisition of privately held Sominki, Toronto-based Banro Resource (BANR-C) is anxious to get on with the job of exploring its exclusively held gold belt in eastern Zaire.But first the …

A section of kimberlite was intersected by Tandem Resources (TDM-M) while drilling a gold target at its Guibord Twp. property east of Matheson, Ont.The company says the kimberlite was obtained at 365….

By 1999, the Chilean subsidiary of Homestake Mining (HM-N) expects to be producing 45,000 oz. gold per year from the Jeronimo deposit on the Agua de la Falda property.Situated near Homestake’s produci…

Determined to outline a gold mine in French Guiana, joint-venture company Societe des Mines de St-Elie has begun a new diamond drill program on the St-Elie project.St-Elie, the company, is operated jo…

At the Kipushi zinc-copper mine, a few minutes’ drive from Lubumbashi and a short walk from the Zambian border, it is hard not to be reminded of the faded glory of Zaire’s copper belt. For here, a mam…

Toronto-based William Resources (WIM-T) will soon begin a US$4-million program aimed at testing several gold properties in Sweden and Finland.In December 1996, following its takeover of Swedish-based …

Sampling and drilling at the Opoteca concession of VenCan Gold (VCG-M) in Honduras have identified a gold-silver body at least 400 metres long.A 2,000-metre drill program testing the Antiguas area con…

Operator Exall Resources (EXL-T) has extracted and stockpiled 7,000 tonnes from the Glimmer gold project in northeastern Ontario. The material is being shipped to the St Andrew Goldfields mill, 33 km …

Early in April 1974, while awaiting the paperwork for a trip to Africa to be processed, I had accepted a 3-month contract as a mine surveyor with Terra Mining & Exploration at the Terra mine. Departur…

Montreal-based junior Vauquelin Mines (VAQ.A-M) has reported a net loss of $26,000 (or nil per share) for the 6-month period ended Dec. 31, 1996, compared with a net income of $1.1 million (12 cents p…

Drilling has dramatically enhanced the potential of Francisco Gold’s (FGX-V) El Sauzal gold project in Mexico’s Chihuahua state.Highlights from the second phase of drilling include: 261.5 metres avera…