PEOPLE — ARAUCO RES.
Kerry Knoll appointed chairman and chief executive officer; W. Golroy appointed president, chief operating officer and director; Derek Price appointed vice-president of finance and chief financial off…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Eastfield, Prism advance gold properties in Nevada
The Tonapah district has a mining history dating back nearly a century, and now a chapter is about to be written by two Canadian juniors.Eastfield Resources (ETF-V) and Prism Resources (PRN-V) are ope…
MacDonald results marred by dispute
Bench development at the Big Golden Hill prospect in Cuba has exposed a zone of mineralization averaging 0.53 gram (0.015 oz.) gold per tonne over 372 metres and increased the potential to outline a h…
Lundin group to take on Gecamines JV
Vancouver-based Consolidated Eurocan Ventures (KEU-V) will receive the right to a joint venture to develop the Tenke Fungurume copper-cobalt deposit in Shaba province, Zaire.The company will have the …
Drilling extends Taylor mineralization
The two latest drillholes at the Taylor Brook property in northern New Brunswick have intersected sulphide mineralization at the geological projection of the known sulphide zone.Owner Stratabound Mine…
EDITORIAL PAGE — Combatting corruption
A few years back, The Northern Miner sent a writer to visit mineral projects in Africa. While in one country, attempting to fly to another, the hapless geo-journalist was hauled off to a backroom of t…
OBITUARIES — Lawrie Reinertson
Lawrie Reinertson, president and chief executive officer of Rio Algom, has died of a heart attack. He was 51.Mr. Reinertson’s mining career began in 1965 when he joined Noranda as a prospector. Severa…
DIAMOND PAGE — Trivalence finds diamonds at Aredor
Trivalence Mining (TMI-V) has received results from the alluvial diamond test runs being conducted at its 1,112-sq.-km Aredor mine concession in Guinea. Recently, over a 2-week period, a total of 3,41…
Ontario teen wins mining essay competition
A 13-year-old boy from Aurora has been named “Junior Miner of Ontario” by the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC).Riccardo Dente, a Grade 8 student at Light of Christ Catholic School…
DIAMOND PAGE — KWG, Spider release Kyle Lake results
Partners KWG Resources (KWG-T) and Spider Resources (SPQ-A) have released results from five of 11 holes drilled last winter at the Kyle Lake project in northern Ontario.The five holes, drilled as part…
DIAMOND PAGE — Kennecott, Aber prepare for bulk sampling
At the Diavik diamond project in the Lac de Gras region of the Northwest Territories, Kennecott Canada has processed the remaining six large-diameter drill holes from the A-418 kimberlite pipe in prep…
Pegasus settles Zortman dispute
A settlement has been reached in a dispute involving Pegasus Gold (PGU-T), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the state of Montana and local natives over water quality at the Zortman gold mine …