Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Lynn Evoy appointed director.

Roger Caven appointed president and director.

With resources almost doubling at its Bellavista gold project in Costa Rica, Minera Rayrock (TSE) is poised for a strong final quarter.Drilling at Bellavista has increased the mineral resource to 37.4…

Richard Wilson appointed vice-president of investor and shareholder relations.

Increased grades at the Ok Tedi mine in Papua New Guinea will enable the operation to continue at near-current production rates, instead of declining over the remaining 15-year life as previously anti…

Vancouver-listed junior Braddick Resources has optioned 93 claims covering 26.5 sq. km north of Oslo, Norway.The claims cover one known massive sulphide deposit, the Skiftesmyr, as well as the on-stri…

Agreements with landholders in the Philippines and Indonesia have set the stage for International Pursuit (TSE) to expand its mineral holdings in those countries.In the Philippines, Pursuit and Vulcan…

Airborne geophysical surveys have identified several coincident magnetic and electromagnetic anomalies on ground held by Carmelita Petroleum (VSE) in Labrador. The junior holds a half interest in eigh…

Drilling on the ANAK-1 property, 20 km northwest of the Voisey Bay nickel-copper-cobalt discovery in Labrador, has encountered mineralization.Partners Tapestry Ventures (VSE) and Portman Explorations …

On my trips up north, I try to keep in touch with various of the now-old-timers with whom I worked in the Timmins camp of Ontario during the 1930s and ’40s. Lately, however, there have been fewer pers…

South of the ancient Peruvian city of Cuzco, Cominco (TSE) will work to acquire half of a zinc-lead play currently owned by Southwestern Gold (TSE).To earn its interest in the Accha property, Cominco …

Michael Lipkewich, Teck’s senior vice-president of mining, will describe the turnaround of two of his company’s coal mines in British Columbia when he addresses a luncheon meeting of the Canadian Inst…