Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Crew acquiring tin operation

Control of the owner of the last producing tin mine in Cornwall, England, is passing to Crew Natural Resources (VSE). To acquire a 60% interest in South Crofty, Crew participated in a share offering b…


British Columbia awards grants

Forty-six companies in British Columbia will receive grants totaling $2.2 million from the province’s Mineral Exploration Incentive Program (MEIP). Applications for 201 projects were received during t…


Nuinsco makes rights offering

A rights offering has been made to Nuinsco Resources (TSE) shareholders residing in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta. Deak International Resources Holdings, which holds 8.4 million Nuinsc…


Noranda testing recovery plant for magnesium

Further testing of a process to recover magnesium from asbestos tailings in the Thetford Mines area of Quebec will be pursued by Noranda Minerals. Construction of a $25-million pilot plant will start …


Paredones results encourage Echo Bay

Drill results from the Paredones Amarillos gold property in Baja California Sur, Mexico, are proving encouraging for Baja Gold (TSE) and Echo Bay Mines (TSE). The latter can earn a 51% interest in the…



Trillion drilling Zimbabwe deposit

A 50,000-ft. drill program has begun at Trillion Resources’ (TSE) 50%-owned Jena Mines complex in Zimbabwe. The objective is to develop new gold reserves on strike with the currently producing Stump, …


New Damoti zone being drilled

Drilling is under way on a new zone of gold mineralization at the Damoti Lake property north of Yellowknife, N.W.T. Consolidated Ramrod Gold (TSE) holds a 40% interest in the property and is earning a…


Lac management accepts Barrick offer

In a move that took many investors by surprise, American Barrick Resources (TSE) announced it had signed an agreement with takeover target Lac Minerals (TSE) to acquire all outstanding shares of the l…



Drills turning at Lewis Ponds

Toronto-listed Tri Origin Exploration has completed two drill holes and four wedged holes on its Lewis Ponds property in New South Wales, Australia. Hole 32, north of the deposit, intersected a 41-met…


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