Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Outgoing Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari and former Italian trade minister Renato Ruggiero are the favorites to head the new World Trade Organization (WTO), diplomats said recently in Gene…

Halloween was still weeks away, but that did not prevent the ghost of Windy Craggy from stalking the District 6 annual general meeting of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CI…

Acheron Resources (ACZ: VSE) has changed its name to Abaddon Resources (ABA: VSE) on a 1-new-for-9-old-sh basis.

Western markets appear to have slipped into the fall-winter doldrums despite the considerable amount of exploration activity taking place in the Southern Hemisphere. Gold is not helping matters, altho…

A report in our Oct. 17 issue incorrectly stated that Atlas (NYSE) will combine Granges (TSE), Hycroft Resources & Development (TSE) and Dakota Mining (TSE) into one company. Atlas does plan to initia…

Having been active in Sonora state for some 30 years, it should come as no surprise that Campbell Resources (TSE) holds interests in a pair of Mexican gold mines. Last July, the company bought its sec…

Drilling on the Tacaza project in southeastern Peru has outlined a geological resource of 4.4 million tonnes grading 1.35% copper, based on a 0.5% cutoff. Kookaburra Resources (VSE) has drilled 7,700 …

Arizona-based Magma Copper (NYSE) has outbid six international competitors for control of newly privatized Empresa Minera Especial Tintaya, Peru’s second-largest copper producer. Magma paid the Peruvi…

Vancouver-listed Tako Resources can earn a half interest in the Malartic Twp. gold property in northwestern Quebec. The property, which is owned by JAG Mines (ME), covers an 11,000-ft. strike length o…

Several years ago, Venezuela took steps to revitalize its near-dormant mining sector by adopting a more favorable tax structure and promising to reform its mining laws. Optimism was high that the coun…

Chip samples from a 30 sq.-mile property in the James Bay Lowlands of Quebec have led to the discovery of a gold-bearing zone. The discovery was made as Montreal-listed partners Garde Societe d’Explor…

In the aftermath of the Cold War and the subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union, countries have to earn their way on to the world stage. As a consequence, many emerging nations are bringing in new mi…