Articles by Northern Miner Staff

With a positive feasibility study in hand, management of Cornucopia Resources (TSE) is aiming to bring its Mineral Ridge gold project into production by the first quarter of 1997.The project is situat…

A property evaluation has prompted MK Gold (NASDAQ) to write off a portion of its investment in the Jerooy gold project in Kyrghyzstan.The company will record a charge for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 1…

At the San Gregorio gold project in northern Uruguay, American Resource (NASDAQ) has encountered a new zone of mineralization.The structure was intercepted in the footwall of the San Gregorio shear zo…

The Beaufor mine, near Val d’Or, Que., has begun churning out the yellow metal.Equal partners Aurizon Mines (TSE) and Louvem Mines (TSE) commenced production in early January. The miners’ changeroom a…

In a year dominated by news from its porphyry copper and massive sulphide projects in the Philippines, TVI Pacific (TSE) has been making slow but steady progress in its search for epithermal gold in t…

Drilling on the southern margin of the Harp Lake Intrusive Complex in Labrador was expected to have resumed by presstime.Vancouver-listed partners Cartaway Container and Peruvian Gold report that thre…

A loan from a private company associated with Robert Dickinson, president of Taseko Mines (VSE), will provide $1 million in interim financing for the company’s Prosperity gold-copper project in centra…

Drilling is virtually complete at the Virginiatown, Ont., gold property of Armistice Resources (ME).The 20,000-ft. program defined the extent and configuration of the 100N, 185N and 260N gold zones, a…

Taking advantage of strong gold markets, Orvana Minerals (TSE) plans to raise $16.6 million to finance its purchase of the Don Mario project in Bolivia.The company will issue 3.3 million special warra…

Peter Alexander Gledhill, a Toronto-born geophysicist with the Botswana Geological Survey, has died. He was 36.Mr. Gledhill graduated from Queen’s University in 1983 with a B.Sc. in engineering physic…

The acquisition of a 35% interest in Geolog, a privately held joint stock company in Russia, will expand the silver assets of Silver Standard Resources (TSE).Geolog owns the Lunnoe and Arylach silver …

By acquiring three mineral leases, Aquaterre Mineral Development (VSE) has increased its holdings in Nevada to more than 6,500 acres.The company expanded its HCS gold project by gaining the exclusive …