Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $379.00 + $2.10 Silver* $4.76 – $0.01 Platinum* $416.40 + $2.40 Nickel** $3.79 + $0.02 Lead** $0.27 + $0.01 Copper $1.31 $0.00 Zinc $0.47 + $0.02 Courtesy of Scotiabank….

By the end of March, Corriente Resources (VSE) expects to have completed a feasibility study for its bismuth-copper-gold vein project on the Tasna property in southern Bolivia. The company is also exp…

Drilling on the Grizzly zone at the Golden Bear mine in northwestern British Columbia is expanding the dimensions of the deposit. Owner North American Metals (VSE) reports that hole 95-128 intersected…

An expansion in reserves will enable partners International Musto Explorations (TSE) and Australian-based MIM Holdings to increase throughput at the Bajo de la Alumbrera gold-copper deposit in northwe…

TSE-listed Goldcorp is spending $10 million on exploration and development at its Red Lake gold mine in Balmertown, Ont. The program, expected to last two years, consists of 200,000 ft. of exploration…

Significant developments are reported from three of Minera Rayrock’s (TSE) projects in Chile and Costa Rica. The Ivan copper project in northern Chile recently entered production. In January, it yield…

The former owner of Hydracore Drills of Richmond, B.C., Truman Younie, died recently of a heart attack. He was 67. Younie spent his entire career in the diamond drilling industry, having started in 19…

The American consulting and information services company NUKEM predicts, in its recent monthly publication, that world nuclear generating capacity will grow during the remainder of this decade but tha…

A subcommittee of the governor’s Task Force on Mining and Minerals, charged with looking at the future of copper-nickel mining in northeastern Minnesota, has recommended that the state fund a $371,500…

Results from diamond evaluations on the N.W.T. Diamonds project near Lac de Gras indicate an improvement in the grade of the Fox pipe. Last year, BHP Diamonds mined a 6,915-tonne sample from a decline…

The Eskay Creek gold mine in northwestern British Columbia is up and running. The initial shipment of crushed and blended ore, destined for smelters in Japan and eastern Canada, was made early this ye…

Ghana’s major gold producer, Ashanti Goldfields, plans to expand into other African countries via a new subsidiary, Ashanti Exploration. Nick Laffoley, head of Ashanti Exploration, told Knight-Ridder …