Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The operator of the Tiawa gold project in Niger, Hansa GeoMin Consult, has announced drill results that dramatically expand the size of the mineralized zone.According to Hansa’s Canadian partner, Etru…

MacMillan Gold (TSE), which owns half of the Mishi Gold property in Ontario, will buy the remaining half from Granges (TSE).The 566-claim property is in the Mishibishu area, between Wawa and Marathon….

CDN-listed Pan African Resources is returning for another round of drilling to define the extent of a gold zone discovered last year on the Dioulafoundou project in western Mali.In 1995, the company i…

CDN-listed Eastmain Resources has formed a 50-50 joint venture with Barrick Gold (TSE) to develop the Lac Elmer gold project in northwestern Quebec.Over a 4-year period, Barrick will cover the first $…

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has tentatively scheduled the state’s 21st sale of exploration and mining leases for metallic minerals for July or August.The areas under consideration fo…

The gold reserves of NASDAQ-listed Alta Gold dropped to 778,000 oz. in 1995 from nearly 1 million oz. the year before. Nevertheless, President Robert Pratt says “the [current] reserves establish a fou…

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Engaged in a public battle for control of Sutton Resources (VSE), management has completed a special warrants financing, to the tune of $22 million.Proceeds will be used to develop the Bulyanhulu gold…

A purchase agreement will give International Wayside Gold Mines (VSE) a 100% interest in the Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine property near Wells, B.C.The company already owns half of the property and will bu…

Junior Golden Quail Resources (VSE) has completed infill drilling on its 50%-owned gold property in San Bernardino Cty., Calif., and more drilling is planned.The recent program consisted of 11 reverse…

Drilling on the Harmony project on British Columbia’s Queen Charlotte Islands continues to return gold values for Misty Mountain Gold (TSE), and more work is planned.The junior is drilling off the Spe…

While it lost the prize of Voisey’s Bay to Inco (TSE), Falconbridge (TSE) does not walk away empty-handed, and may yet have its own chunk of Voisey’s Bay nickel.Nevertheless, Falco President Frank Pic…