Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Partners Portman Explorations (VSE) and Tapestry Ventures (VSE) report anomalous base metal values from the fourth hole on their ANAK-1 property, 13 miles northwest of the Voisey Bay deposit in Labrad…

Metals remain stagnant, characterized by rumors, opinions, volatile prices and slowly tightening inventories, but little news that could be characterized as seriously negative.It appears likely that d…

London Metal ExchangeSpot closing prices in $US per tonneDateOct. 24 Oct. 23 Oct. 20 Oct. 19 Oct. 18Copper2805-2810 2760-27652760-27652745-27502700-2705Lead689.5-691.5 669-671650-651 648-65…

Banff Resources (VSE) intends to buy all the issued and outstanding shares of Kasese Cobalt owned by the LaSource Group, a member of Australian-listed Normandy Mining Group.The LaSource Group has a 55…

Drills continue to turn on the Project 61 joint venture of NDT Ventures (VSE) and Takla Star Resources (ASE), about 7 km southwest of the Diamond Fields discovery in Labrador. The companies drilled th…

Montreal-listed Dynacor Mines has identified a gold-mineralized corridor on its Lake Sakami property near Quebec’s James Bay shore.The corridor is nearly 8 km long and, on average, 5-10 metres wide. I…

The Polo Sur copper property, northeast of Antofagasta, Chile, will be sold to the Chilean affiliate of Magma Copper (NYSE). Owners Cambior (TSE) and Cambiex (ME) will receive US$3 million and retain …

The tenth hole to be drilled on the newly discovered Wolverine zone has stepped out on the eastern extension and intersected 5.6 metres of faulted massive sulphides.The zone lies within the Foot claim…

With drill results from a 55-hole reverse-circulation program in hand, Da Capo Resources (VSE) is working to recalculate the size of the resource for the Amayapampa project in Bolivia.Da Capo is also …

Although much of the state is underlain by an Archean craton favorable for diamond mineralization, only about a half dozen companies are exploring Wyoming for the gem stones.W.D. Hausel, senior econom…

Vancouver-listed junior Noront Resources has acquired three Labrador properties from Kennecott Canada. Two of the three claim blocks are situtated west of Okak Bay, while the third lies 9 km west of t…

Disappointed with drill results, Hecla Mining (NYSE) has dropped its option on the Fortuna project in Mexico’s Sonora state.The company had the right to earn a 60% interest in the silver-gold project …