Articles by Northern Miner Staff

International miner Battle Mountain Gold (NYSE) continues to expand its international exploration effort beyond Bolivia and into other Latin American countries. In 1994, the Houston-based company eval…

Quebec Crown-owned Societe Quebecoise d’Exploration Miniere (Soquem) and Consolidated Oasis Resources (ME) report positive drill results from the Fancamp gold property near Chibougamau, Que. Hole 95-5…

Having remained idle since October, 1989, the Tartan Lake gold mine near Flin Flon, Man., is once again rumbling under the pressure of drills. Owner Granges (TSE), intent on boosting minable reserves,…

Ongoing exploration by Placer Dome (TSE) is enhancing the potential of the company’s 70% owned Las Cristinas gold project in Venezuela’s Kilometre 88 district. “We are still drilling at Las Cristinas …

Ownership of the Nugget Pond mining property in central Newfoundland is about to change hands. Alberta-listed Bitech has agreed to sell the property, along with its associated rights, interests and ro…

TSE-listed International Gold Resources has succeeded in drilling nine shallow reverse-circulation holes and six deeper diamond drill holes at the Bibiani gold project in Ghana. Three intersections, w…

Now that a border dispute between Ecuador and Peru is settled, drilling is expected to begin on the Peruvian Las Lomas porphyry copper-gold property. The US$300,000, first-phase program will be operat…

Exploration activity has led to an 18% increase in reserves and resources at the Lady Lina gold property in Zimbabwe. Antares Mining & Exploration (TSE) reports that proven and probable reserves now s…

Pre-production work began early this year at the Moris heap-leach gold project in Chihuahua state, owner Manhattan Minerals (VSE) reports. The Vancouver-based junior is constructing an open-pit operat…

New reserves have been outlined at the Redstone nickel mine near Timmins, Ont. Owner Black Hawk Mining (TSE) calculated about 154,600 additional tons following a 25-hole drill program designed to test…

Junior Radisson Mining Resources (ME) has completed a 10-hole drill program on the O’Brien gold property in Cadillac Twp., Que. Drilling was concentrated on several veins within the 36E zone. Of 19 in…

Copper and gold are not the only commodities being pursued by North American-based companies in Peru. Cominco Resources International (TSE), soon to be merged with its parent company Cominco (TSE), in…