Articles by Northern Miner Staff

All of Pangea Goldfields’ (TSE) Tanzanian gold projects are either wholly owned or optioned from local companies. Production from the properties is subject to a 3% net smelter return royalty payable t…

Drilling on the Nevin Hill zone at the Butte Highlands property near Butte, Mont., has now tested the deposit over a 1,000-ft. strike length and to a depth of greater than 1,400 ft. Asarco (NYSE) has …

The 16-claim Toe property has been added to the holdings of Atna Resources (VSE) in the Finlayson Lake area of southeastern Yukon. The Toe and two other properties, the Pak and Foot, lie within a stra…

Renewed inflation fears spooked investors and put a damper on the Toronto Stock Exchange over the 5-day report period ended Nov. 1. The composite 300 index edged up 21.68 points to end the week at 4,2…

CDN-listed Continental Caretech has received results from nine holes which it drilled at the Thunder Lake West project near Dryden, Ont. The first three holes, drilled between 1,640 and 2,590 ft. east…

Montreal-based Cambior (TSE) will buy a 40% interest in a company that owns a project with a mineral inventory of 500 million tonnes averaging 0.75% copper, based on a cutoff grade of 0.5% copper. Pac…

The mining recorder in Ontario’s Larder Lake mining division has made a ruling regarding the conflict between Sudbury Contact Minerals (TSE) and CDN-listed Strike Minerals. The case concerns three dis…

CDN-listed Van Ollie Explorations and three partners have opted out of a plan to buy the Kremzar gold mine near Wawa, Ont. The companies were to pay Canada Tungsten $2.5 million (of which $500,000 had…

Diamond drilling is under way on the Galena Giant property on the Idaho-Montana border. The work is part of a 50-50 joint venture between Arbor Resources (VSE) and Wealth Resources (VSE). The partners…

Rouyn-Noranda-based Novender (ME) is busy raising money to finance a 10,000-ton bulk sample at its Nugget Pond gold property in Baie Verte, Nfld. A $1.1-million private placement has been completed, a…

Alberta-listed Roycefield Resources has agreed to acquire the remaining half interest in the 1,920-acre Beaver Brook antimony property in central Newfoundland. To do so, it will issue 2.3 million trea…

Proceeds from a private placement, planned by Minorca Resources (VSE), will finance exploration of properties in Mexico and Quebec. The placement involves 750,000 units, each of which will consist of …