Articles by Northern Miner Staff

It is the second-largest copper milling operation in the world (after Chuquicamata in Chile), and recent production figures only verify the ranking. In 1994, Highland Valley Copper milled 43.48 millio…

Drilling is under way on the Trendline property in the Battle Mountain trend of Nevada. A 4-hole, reverse-circulation program conducted by Kennecott is testing geophysical targets to a depth of 500 to…

Expansion plans may be in order at the Division Mountain coal project in the Yukon. The drill-indicated, undiluted, minable resource is now estimated at 31.7 million tonnes of Volatile Bituminous “B” …

An alliance with Canarc Resource (TSE) gives Echo Bay Mines (TSE) a call on Canarc’s exploration efforts in Guyana and Suriname. The latter will buy a 3-million-share private placement in Canarc at $2…

The land holdings of Birim Goldfields (CDN), along the Ashanti gold belt in Ghana, have been extended. The junior has been granted an additional 30 sq. km north of the Dunkwa property. The new acquisi…

A private Newfoundland-based company, Raymo Processing, has carried out a preliminary feasibility study into construction of a 500-tonne-per-day, indoor, vat leaching plant to process the Rambler mine…

Spokane- based Pegasus Gold (TSE) has boosted its overall reserve base by roughly 14% since the close of 1994. Attributable proven and probable reserves are now estimated to contain 5.3 million oz. go…

Development of the Huckleberry open-pit copper project in northern British Columbia is getting a helping hand from Mitsubishi Materials. Operator Princeton Mining (TSE) reached an agreement with the J…

For the second time in just over a year, a bid has been launched for the shares of International Musto Explorations (TSE). At stake is a half interest in one of the world’s largest undeveloped gold-co…

Exploration is planned this year for the Harmony (formerly Cinola) gold project on Graham Island, B.C. Romulus Resources (VSE), which is earning a half interest from Misty Mountain Gold (TSE) by spend…

A property agreement with two American companies will enable Tombstone Explorations (VSE) to expand into Central America. The Vancouver-based junior can acquire the Minas de Oro copper-gold project in…

The abuses of Spain’s conquest and exploitation of South and Central America serve as a cautionary lesson for present-day developers, according to Oscar Arias Sanchez, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and f…