Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Canamera Geological has been given the exclusive right to acquire Newhawk Gold Mines’ (NHG-T) 60% interest in the Bruceside-Sulphurets property in British Columbia for $8 million.The property, 37 mile…

Drilling at the Gross Rosebel project in Suriname has enabled Cambior (CBJ-T) and Golden Star Resources (GSC-T) to expand reserves.The partners are in the midst of a 35,000-metre drill program aimed a…

Angled drilling under a minor lake on the DIA mineral claims in the Northwest Territories has returned a 130-metre kimberlite intersection.Situated 80 km north of Lac de Gras, the claims comprise 227,…

The Alaskan Department of Natural Resources has granted USMX (USMX-Q) the exclusive right to explore the Ophir mining district in the west-central region of the state.Historically, placer deposits in …

The first batch of results from this year’s drill program at the Olinghouse gold deposit, 35 miles east of Reno, Nev., surpassed the expectations of owner Alta Gold (ALTA-Q).The results confirm previo…

Second-quarter earnings remained steady for Teck (TEK-T).The company earned $19.7 million (or 20 cents per share) on revenue of $187.4 million, compared with a net income of $18.1 million on $181.7 mi…

The accidental escape of tailings at its 40%-owned Marcopper mine in the Philippines is reflected in the second-quarter earnings of Placer Dome (PDG-T).The company lost US$32 million (or US13 cents pe…

The Finance Committee of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada (IDA) agrees with the Toronto Stock Exchange Committee that the unrestricted flow of information from corporate issuers to investo…

Donald Huston appointed president and director.

T. Magee appointed president.

Two surface holes at the Virginiatown, Ont., property of Armistice Resources (ACI-M) have intersected gold mineralization in a geological setting the company believes is the faulted extension of the K…

David Duval appointed president and director; Robert Paul appointed director.