Articles by Northern Miner Staff

As part of an option agreement with Etruscan Enterprises (EET-V), Placer Dome (PDG-T) is sending a geological team and several diamond drills to the Tiawa concession in Niger, West Africa.The major ca…

Drilling by partners Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX-N) and RTZ (RTZ-N) has increased reserves at the Grasberg gold mine in Irian Jaya, Indonesia.The increase was calculated by Freeport Indonesia,…

Well to the west of Ghana’s principal gold region, the Asankrangwa greenstone belt is often overshadowed by its neighbors. Although the area has limited placer production and only one hard-rock mine, …

Money may make the world of international business go ’round, but Montreal-based Emerging Africa Gold (EAGI-C) is getting ahead in Africa partly through an older form of commerce.Some of Emerging Afri…

Extensive geological work undertaken in Mali over the past few decades has confirmed that the country is prospective for a variety of mineral resources, including gold, diamonds, platinum, uranium, co…

Among the most active junior companies exploring for gold in West Africa is Vancouver-based Nevsun Resources (NSU-T), which has several key projects under way.Aggressive drilling at the Kubi concessio…

Trimark Resources (TRK-V) has changed its name to International Trimark Resources (IKM-V) on a 1-new-for-3-old-share basis.

Botswana Diamondfields (BWD-V) has enlisted arm’s-length partners (with which it has no relationship) to secure for the company a majority interest in a diamond concession in southern Africa.If their …

Toronto-based Tiomin Resources (TIO-T) has discovered a second titanium deposit in Kenya.The resource, estimated at 1.2 billion tonnes grading 3% heavy minerals, was outlined by a 128-hole drill progr…

Central Africa has increasingly become the focus of mining and exploration efforts by International Ballater Resources (IBA-V).In 1996, the Vancouver-based junior acquired a 95% interest in the operat…

Starpoint Goldfields (STS-V) is aiming for a summer startup at the Yetwene alluvial diamond project in northwestern Angola.The company now holds a 52% interest in the 550-sq.-km concession, which stra…

Noranda (NOR-T) is optioning the Canagau gold property of Mountain Lake Resources (MOA-V).Situated in Ben Nevis Twp. in northwestern Ontario, the property comprises 143 mining and 13 patented claims t…