Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A review of the trading activity on the Vancouver Stock Exchange for the period ended Oct. 25 reveals a string of negative signs as the market continues to retrench. The resource index lost almost 23 …

With the completion of the 1994 open pit mining program at the Siwash North gold mine, near Merritt, B.C., Fairfield Minerals (TSE) will begin a $1.5 million underground program. Ore sales to the Asar…

Drilling by International Taurus Resources (VSE) at the Taurus minesite in northern British Columbia is expanding a newly discovered zone of mineralization. The zone consists of quartz stockwork miner…

Montreal-based Canchrome Mines (ME) intends to earn a 51% interest in two gold and base metal properties from Bruneau Minerals (ME). The Allard property consists of 76 contiguous claims in Desmazures …

Three diamond drill holes have intersected high-grade gold mineralization at the Spanish property known as El Valle-Boinas. Rio Narcea Gold Mines (TSE) reports that VAL-46, drilled to confirm previous…

Upon completion of a proposed $2-million financing, Norcan Resources (VSE) should be in good financial shape to begin exploring the NCJ-La Trinidad project in Venezuela’s El Dorado district, in Boliva…

The Women’s Association of the Mining Industry of Canada (WAMIC) is planning its annual fund-raising event Nov. 17 at the Ontario Club in Toronto. The club is situated at Commerce Court South at the c…

New York-listed Asarco can earn a half interest in the St-Elie gold project in French Guiana, under a deal reached with Guyanor Ressources, a subsidiary of Golden Star Resources (TSE). The 9,000-hecta…

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…