Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Venezuelan Financial Affairs Secretary Luis Raul Matos has defended the strict economic measures taken recently to overcome the country’s financial crisis, saying the government was taking a “pragmati…

A second phase of drilling has been completed on the Choco-6 property in Venezuela’s El Callao district. Gold Vessel Resources (VSE) is earning a half interest in the property from a private Venezuela…

Toronto-based Kinross Gold (TSE) has delineated more underground and open-pit reserves at its Candelaria gold-silver mine near Hawthorne, Nev. At the Northern Belle pit, drilling confirmed minable res…

Toronto-listed Greenstone Resources, together with the Emerging Markets Gold Fund, plans to raise US$10 million to fund work at its gold projects in Nicaragua and Honduras. The funding will consist of…

An 8-week drill program will begin shortly on Gregor Goldfields’ (CDN) gold property near Hemlo, Ont. This program will test two targets — the South Lake and North Hill areas — which are about 1,600…

With development permits in hand, American Resource (USOTC) is proceeding with engineering work on its San Gregorio gold project in Uruguay. The contract will entail fine-tuning the open-pit plan, dev…

Drilling is under way on the Aurora property in Venezuela. Canarc Resource (VSE) is funding the work under a 50-50 joint-venture agreement with Tombstone Explorations (VSE). Surface exploration over t…

Metals producer Rio Algom (TSE) has bought all the shares in NCO Mines, which holds a royalty interest in production from the Polaris lead-zinc mine. NCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of North Canadian O…

Jiri Strnad appointed advisor.

The department of geological sciences at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont., will present a seminar Dec. 4-10 on “economic guidelines for mineral exploration.” Led by Brian Mckenzie, the seminar is …

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US71.5-72.5 cents per lb. (Aug. 25, 1994). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US$2.35-2.50 per lb. (July 21, 1994). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$3.75-4.25 per lb. (July 28, 1993)….

High-purity rare earths products represent an important and fast-growing market, says market analyst Roskill. Its report, The economics of rare earths 1994, states that separated rare earths claims ar…