Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Toronto-based AfriOre (AFO-V) has uncovered three large kimberlite pipes at its 57%-owned Kokong West property in Botswana.The discovery was made while the junior was drill-testing geophysical targets…

Highbright Minerals (HBI-V) has changed its name to Frontier Pacific Mining (FRP-V).

At the Fort la Corne property in Saskatchewan, five holes drilled to test geophysical targets have intersected kimberlite.Partners Shore Gold (SGF-A) and Rio Nevada Mines (RN-A) report that caustic-fu…

Gold prices dropped to 3-year lows in early January, hitting a London spot price of US$356.60 per oz. on Jan. 8, down $12.80 from Dec. 27, 1996.The tumble comes after spot prices peaked above US$400 p…

A paragraph in your editorial on Bre-X Resources, Barrick Gold and the Indonesian government, entitled “Hardball or spitball?’ (T.N.M., Dec. 9/96), represents an unbelievable zenith of naivete on your…

The latest round of drilling on the Chicharra gold target in Mexico’s Sonora state has returned encouraging results for Geomaque Exploration (GEO-T).The Chicharra lies 2.5 km northwest of the company’…

Rex Diamond (RXD-T) has confirmed that its kimberlites at Tongo Fields in Sierra Leone rank highly among world diamond deposits.The company states the diamonds have an average value of US$175 per cara…

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Jan.6/97 (change from previous week in brackets):Aluminium957,375(+6,100)Copper134,700(+9,350)Lead118,400(-200)Nickel49,116…

An aeromagnetic and radiometric survey by Caldera Resources (CDR-M) has outlined 22 possible kimberlite structures at the Edward Creek property in the Lake Eyre region of South Australia.Caldera, whic…

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Sister companies Chase Resource (CQS-T) and Delta Gold Mining (DTG-V) have agreed to amalgamate into a new entity, which will retain the former’s name.The move will consolidate the partners’ interests…

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