Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Western America Resources (ASE) has placed shares privately with International Pursuit (TSE) in order to raise funds for exploration of a gold-copper property in Papua New Guinea.Western America has a…

Once a high-flyer with gold projects in Venezuela, Vengold (TSE) has seen its share price fall back to earth as drill results from those properties failed to live up to expectations. But the company i…

Kinbauri Gold (CDN) drills have hit gold in laterite and at depth in oxidized bedrock at the Dossi gold project in Burkina Faso.Kinbauri, which can earn a 65% interest in the 314-sq.-km project from M…

MEETINGSApril 29, Ansell Lake April 29, Even Res. April 29, Golden Bear April 29, Highgrade April 29, Match Capital April 29, Norcen Energy April 29, PMA Res. April 29, Share Mines & Oils April 29, Ve…

Two Vancouver-based juniors have been adding to their land holdings in the Swayze volcanic belt, south of Timmins, Ont.Haddington Resources (VSE) has acquired a property in Horwood Twp., in the northw…

Exploration and development programs around Night Hawk Lake, 25 km east of Timmins, Ont., have junior companies flocking to the area.Moneta Porcupine Mines (TSE) has a long-established land position i…

With an agreement to purchase the Roberts Victor (Rovic) diamond mine in South Africa for US$4.3 million, junior explorer Botswana Diamondfields (VSE) may become a producer by the end of May.Situated …

The proxy battle for control of Sutton Resources (VSE) is over for the time being.At a recent meeting, management of Sutton overturned an attempt by James Sinclair to replace the entire board of direc…

A large group of mineral properties in Peru has caught the attention of Gitennes Exploration (ASE).The junior holds an option to acquire ground in the Cajamarca-Huamachuco region, where several major …

While it was high-grade veins that initially attracted International Taurus Resources (VSE) to its namesake property near Cassiar, B.C., partner Cyprus Canada is far more interested in outlining a lar…

Canada Tungsten had commissioned the rapid aerial reconnaissance of 200 miles of access road that spanned the Yukon and the Northwest Territories in order to determine its schedule for winter freighti…

It has been said that nothing drives the Vancouver Stock Exchange better than hot drill results. And that was the case this week, when Arizona Star Resource reported an impressive, high-grade intersec…