Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Teck and W. Copper report mixed results from Mexico

Recent drill results from the Salvador massive sulphide property in central Mexico amount to good news and bad news for partners Teck (TEK-T) and Western Copper Holdings (WTC-V).While the follow-up pr…


N. Orion bullish on Argentine play

Assays from five infill holes at the Agua Rica porphyry deposit in Argentina continue to confirm earlier results.Situated in Catamarca province, the deposit is being explored by a 30-70 joint venture …


Fairstar releases results from Amantin

A first phase of diamond drilling on the Benso concession in Ghana has identified a gold-bearing shear zone underlying the Amantin prospect.Fairstar Explorations (FFR-M) conducted the 5-hole, 1,800-me…


Placer revives takeover plans for Highlands

Vancouver-based Placer Dome (PDG-T) has fallen back on its original plan for a hostile takeover of Australian-based Highlands Gold now that a proposed underwriting of a new company has failed.The unde…


China Clipper to evaluate ground

Ottawa-based China Clipper Gold Mines (CXX-A) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the East China bureau of the Metallurgical Industry Ministry concerning three early-stage gold properties in…


VSE juniors form exploration partnership in China

Vancouver juniors Southwestern Gold (SWG-T) and Global-Pacific Minerals (GPJ-V) have signed an agreement with the Chinese government for 3,000 sq. km of exploration concessions in province of Inner Mo…


GeoNova updates Desjardins resource

Montreal-based GeoNova Explorations (GNE-M) has updated the gold resource estimate for the Discovery zone of its Desjardins property, 45 km northwest of Lebel-sur-Quevillon, Que.The zone is now estima…


EDITORIAL PAGE — Leaving the nest

For years, officials of the Vancouver Stock Exchange (VSE) have bemoaned the fact that many of its most successful junior companies have flown the nest and ended up on the big board in Toronto. The Al…


Suriname to host mining conference

The Society of Economists in Suriname has organized a conference on mineral exploration and development, to be held in the capital city of Parimaribo on Jan. 25-26.The conference will feature presenta…


OBITURARY — Hans Schreiber

Hans Schreiber, chairman and chief executive officer of the American consulting firm Behre Dolbear, has died. He was 64.Born in 1932 in Frankfurt, Germany, Mr. Schreiber emigrated to the U.S. in the s…


China to consume more copper concentrate in 1997

China is poised to become the world’s second-largest buyer of custom copper concentrate in 1997, according to a British-based metals consulting firm.Brook Hunt reports that China is believed to have i…


Madison explores project in Papua New Guinea

Much of the $8 million Madison Enterprises (MNP-V) plans to spend on exploration this year will be directed at its Mt. Kare project in Papua New Guinea.The Vancouver-based junior will conduct delineat…


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