Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The directors of Cambior (TSE) have decided to spend an additional $62 million on preproduction work at the Grevet polymetallic project, 80 km northeast of Lebel-sur-Quevillon, Que. The deposit has a …

Toronto-based Black Hawk Mining (TSE) will acquire Boliden Resources’ interest in the Bald Mountain copper-gold property in Maine. The purchase price is US$2 million and a 2% net smelter return (NSR) …

Results were released by Serengeti Diamonds (VSE) from a 300-tonne bulk-sampling program on the southern portion of the company’s mining claims at Kahama, Tanzania. The Toronto-based junior is earning…

Drilling on Copperstone Resources’ (VSE) Purgatorio concession in Mexico has confirmed the continuity of sediment-hosted copper-cobalt mineralization. The concession, situated north of Santa Rosalia i…

The 1995 Symposium of The Uranium Institute will mark that organization’s 20th anniversary. The event is scheduled for Sept. 6-8 in London, England. Key issues to be addressed include decommissioning …

Diamond explorer Aber Resources (TSE) has released final results from two small-diameter holes drilled last fall on its Diavik project in the Northwest Territories. A total of 349.5 kg of kimberlite w…

The Vancouver Stock Exchange indexes continued on a downward slide over the report period ended Jan. 17. The composite index dropped 13.68 points to close at 742.52 while the resource index fell 33.31…

Following recent price increases in the molybdenum market, Platinova A/S (TSE) has acquired the Malmbjerg deposit in Greenland. The deposit is 20 km from deep tidewater on the east coast at 72 north l…

At the Mina Elenita copper property in northern Chile, a reverse-circulation drill program is in full swing. The property, situated near Antofagasta, hosts a manto-type oxide copper deposit with an es…

Partial assay results received from a shallow drill program on East Africa Gold’s (VSE) Nyakafuru property in Tanzania have confirmed the presence of significant gold mineralization. The 63-hole, 906-…

Geophysical work — including magnetic, induced-polarization and very-low-frequency surveys — is being carried out by Murgor Resources (VSE) on its 14-claim property near Lebel-sur-Quevillon, Que. Pr…

The open-pit proven and probable reserve of the Secret Pass deposit in Nevada is expected to rise to about 18 million tons containing 425,000 oz. gold. The deposit, managed by Inter-Rock Gold (ME) and…