Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The study of kimberlite indicator minerals in weathered kimberlite and unweathered glacial sediments at the C14 and Diamond Lake pipes (Kirkland Lake, Ont.) has revealed several relationships having i…

Results from the first two holes of a 10,000-metre drill program on Pangea Goldfields’ (TSE) Fenn-Gib property near Matheson, Ont., suggest excellent down-plunge continuity of the West Deformation zon…

Shareholders of Crew Natural Resources (VSE) have approved a corporate name change to South Crofty Holdings, as well as a consolidation of shares on a 2-for-1 basis. The name change reflects the compa…

Partners Noranda Minerals and Rhonda Mining (ASE) have discovered a new sediment-hosted copper deposit on the Epworth property, 120 km south of Coppermine, N.W.T. Exploration over the past three years…

Almost half of Venezuela is underlain by a mineral-rich, unglaciated, Precambrian-aged craton known as the Guiana Shield. This geological entity is analogous to the Canadian Shield and, until recently…

Toronto-listed Athabaska Gold Resources (TSE) can acquire the assets of the Ladner Creek gold mine near Hope, B.C. The assets include a 1,500-ton-per-day gold processing mill and a tailings pond. Unde…

SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt told a congressional panel that the SEC will make the examinations over the next 6-8 months, Knight-Ridder reports. SEC will visit “scores” of securities branch offices duri…

Several years ago, Venezuela’s Kilometre 88 district was the place to be for junior companies hoping to discover a premier gold deposit. To date, however, new finds of the size and importance of Place…

The feverish quest to find a diamond mine in Canada has spread from the Northwest Territories to cover much of the country, including northern Ontario. The diamond rush began in the Territories, north…

Graeme Robinson appointed interim president and chief executive officer.

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