Articles by Northern Miner Staff

An unfortunate reality of today’s mining business is that more and more mining companies are investing their exploration dollars outside Canada, says Gregory Waller, financial analysis manager for Com…

A former editor of The Northern Miner, John W. Carrington, passed away Jan. 20 in Toronto after a long illness. He was 81. Carrington, who devoted his entire career of 44 years to the weekly newspaper…

Partners Cepeda Minerals (VSE) and Cominco Resources International (TSE) intend to continue exploring for gold properties in South Carolina. Since its inception in 1990, the equal partners have spent …

Toronto-listed Northgate Exploration has settled a class action suit filed in the U.S. in 1991. The corporation, along with four of its senior officers, was named in the suit, which alleged violations…

Junior Tri-Origin Exploration (TSE) has formed a 50-50 joint venture with an Australian company to explore ground in New South Wales. The joint venture has applied for seven exploration leases coverin…

Results from the Polo Sur copper property in northern Chile have been released by Cambiex Exploration (ME). More than 20 trenches were excavated along a regional trend of copper mineralization. The hi…

Surging metals prices are attracting the attention of consumers and investors. Bolstered by ever-stronger physical demand, prices for many metals are now at or near the pre-recession levels of several…

Beginning in March, a 3,000-metre drill program will further test nickel-copper-cobalt mineralization at the Canalask property in southwestern Yukon. Junior Expatriate Resources (VSE) recently tested …

Partners Sharpe Energy & Resources (VSE) and Freewest Resources Canada (TSE) are encouraged by results of the second hole drilled on their Bend massive sulphide deposit in Wisconsin. Hole B94-18, whic…

Development of the Bajo de la Alumbrera copper-gold deposit in northwestern Argentina continues to proceed on schedule. The project is a 50-50 joint venture between International Musto Explorations (T…

A recent drill program by Fort Knox Gold Resources (TSE) has intersected additional sulphide mineralization at the company’s base metal property in Ontario’s Fawcett Twp. In one program, two short hol…

By early February, a 1,400-metre drilling program will begin on El Gato, a silver property in central Mexico. Silver Standard Resources (VSE) reports that preliminary exploration outlined a large silv…