Articles by Northern Miner Staff

James Villegas appointed director.

James Billingsley appointed director.

The second-page photograph accompanying the story “Joe Mann’s reserves on the rise” (T.N.M., Oct. 7/96) depicts a concentrating table, not a Knelson concentrator. The table is used as a means of upgra…

Reverse-circulation drilling has intersected gold mineralization at two prospects at the Santa Gertrudis property in Mexico’s Sonora state, as Campbell Resources (CCH-T) continues its effort to build …

Brewery Creek, the largest lode gold mine ever built in the Yukon, has poured its first dore bar.Owner Viceroy Resource reports that the pour consisted of 1,320 oz. of 80% gold.Situated 58 km east of …

Surface exploration by Radisson Mining Resources (RDS-M) has confirmed a zone of at least three quartz veins containing free gold at the past-producing O’Brien gold mine in the Abitibi region of Quebe…

World nonferrous exploration spending rose to $3.5 billion in 1996.Incorrect information appeared in our Nov. 4 issue.

Drill results are expanding to the potential of the massive Agua Rica porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum deposit in Argentina.Situated in the northwestern province of Catamarca, the project is a 3…

An exploration program aimed at searching for diamonds in Canada’s Northwest Territories is the first to be undertaken by DiamondWorks (DMW-V) in North America.The company can earn up to a 70% interes…

Test-pitting by SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) is assessing the diamond potential of the Sugarbird Northern fissure, part of the company’s Klipspringer property in South Africa.Seven test-pits, each ab…

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Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Nov.18/96 (change from previous week in brackets):Copper96,125(-13,050)Tin9,235(-345)Lead114,775(-200)Zinc534,750(-2,725)Al…