Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Preliminary work on the Cucaracha copper-gold project in Chile is returning encouraging results for Regeena Resources (VSE).Sampling returned average grades of 2 grams gold per tonne and 2% copper wit…

The discovery of an epithermal gold district appears to be taking shape south of here in the province of Santa Cruz.During a site visit, The Northern Miner visited six of the 10 cateos, or claim block…

After the metals price turmoil in the first quarter, metals buyers and sellers are maintaining a cool facade as both sides attempt to determine whether there is any weakness in their respective market…

Reserves at Minera Cobrex’s copper-silver project in northern Chile are on the rise.Aurex Resources (TSE), which holds a 70% interest in Cobrex, now estimates the project’s resource at more than 5 mil…

Diamond production is scheduled to begin next month on United Reef’s (TSE) Bamingui property in Central African Republic (CAR).The advancement of the project has been facilitated through a previously …

Results from the latest round of drilling at Diamond Fields Resources'(TSE) Voisey Bay nickel-copper project in Labrador have sparked a new wave of interest in the area.To date, 51 holes have been dri…

A widely spaced, 16-hole program of reverse-circulation drilling has confirmed the continuity of the main mineralized shear zone at the Santa Helena property in Brazil.Owner Black Swan Gold Mines (TSE…

A drill program is planned for the Kafunzo anomaly in Uganda.Pacific Vangold Mines (VSE), which holds more than 9,600 sq. km of exploration licences in the East African country, expects to drill some …

Junior Consolidated Trilogy Ventures (VSE) has carried out preliminary trenching in and around excavated pits and underground workings on the Nueva Esperanza property in Chile.The main feature is a no…

In sharp contrast to the general lack of enthusiasm for — and perhaps even hostility against — mining ventures on Vancouver Island today, the city of Victoria’s leading newspaper did give such devel…

A former Inco employee who was credited with designing the first mass-produced stainless steel sink, Harry Galley, died recently in Toronto. He was 91.A native of Arundel, Que., he attended McGill Uni…

The Hope Brook gold mine, on the southwestern coast of Newfoundland, has reached a full year of operation without a lost-time accident.The milestone, reached in early April, is the first in the projec…