Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Toronto-based Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) has moved one step closer to re-opening the Golden Bear gold mine in northwestern British Columbia.Wheaton River controls the heap-leach operation through …

John Gray appointed vice-president of corporate development.

Montreal-based Birim Goldfields (BGI-T) has completed a first-phase, surface drill program at the past-producing Akrokeri gold mine in Ghana.The 4,800-ha property in the Ashanti belt is 90%-owned by B…

Junior Rea Gold (REO-T) has signed a letter of intent to acquire the Pitangui gold project in Brazil.Terms of the agreement call for the company to pay owner Luxembourg-based Minorco a total of US$5.1…

A review of the Faro mine of Anvil Range Mining (ARO-T) has recommended that the lead-zinc mine remain closed until the market for those metals improves.The review found that optimistic metal price fo…

Drill programs at the Tabakoto project in Mali and the Kubi in Ghana have enabled Nevsun Resources (NSU-T) to calculate preliminary gold resources of 2.7 million oz.The Vancouver-based junior, which h…

Steven Potter appointed vice-president of exploration.

Michau Huisamen elected director.

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The Manitoba government will fund 42 provincial exploration projects to the tune of $2.5 million.The funding is part of Manitoba’s Mineral Exploration Assistance Program (MEAP), which is designed to a…

Canadian production rates of nonferrous metals revealed a mixed bag for October 1996.Production of refined copper, gold, silver and primary nickel was up over the same period last year.However, output…

London Metal ExchangeMidday bid-ask prices in $US per tonneDateDec. 19Dec. 18Aluminium1514-1514.51499-1499.5…