Articles by Northern Miner Staff

I well remember the good old days when the “integral” drill rod was employed in mining. After use, each rod was carefully carted to the blacksmith’s shop where the bit was thrust into glowing coals to…

Toronto-listed Aber Resources has encountered a visible diamond in drill core from hole A154-9, at a vertical depth of 55 metres. Aber and 60% partner Kennecott are drill-testing the A154 diamond pipe…

Funding and permitting are moving ahead at Goldbelt Resources’ (VSE) Leninogorsk gold tailings project in Kazakhstan. On the same day that the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) signed an …

Having revised its mining and investment laws after almost 25 years of socialist rule, a new era of mineral exploration appears to be dawning in this East African republic. Poised to take advantage of…

After almost a quarter century of socialist rule, Tanzania has adopted new policies aimed at attracting foreign investment. An important contribution is anticipated from the restoration of the mineral…

Vancouver-listed Serengeti Diamonds can earn a half interest in a major greenstone belt in western Kenya. The area comprises 200 sq. km. of licences for the exploration and exploitation of gold, as we…

The permitting process to develop an open-pit, heap-leach mine is under way on the Soledad Mountain property in southern California. Owner Golden Queen Mining (TSE) is confident all permits will be co…

Franco-Nevada Mining (TSE) purchased a 5% net profits interest in Rustenberg Platinum’s Pandora platinum property in South Africa from a private company. Incorrect information appeared in our Oct. 24 …

Toronto-listed Da Capo Resources is encouraged by initial drill results from the Amayapampa property in Bolivia. The junior can earn up to a 70% interest in the historic gold mine by paying the owner …

Professional services firm Ernst & Young has released a 150-page book on “Doing Business in China,” which provides an overview of the investment climate, taxation, forms of business organization, and …

Recent drilling by Falconbridge (TSE) has returned encouraging results from the company’s Kidd Creek No. 3 mine near Timmins, Ont. Four new holes, drilled between the 2,380- and 3,000-metre levels, in…

In your story “Metall expanding Akie discovery” (T.N.M., Oct. 24/94), about drilling by Metall Mining at the zinc-lead massive sulphide deposit of Ecstall Mining in northeastern British Columbia, only…