Articles by Northern Miner Staff

While Gibraltar Mines (TSE) continues to explore prospects near its copper mine in south-central British Columbia, the company has expanded its search much farther south, in Chile. Earlier this year, …

Denver-based Golden Star Resources (TSE) will retain its 30% interest in the Omai gold mine in Guyana. The company says that, at its request, Omai partner Cambior (TSE) has elected not to exercise its…

Western markets followed their eastern cousins down over the trading period ended June 21, despite strength in gold and other commodities. The negative investment sentiment pushed the Vancouver Stock …

Toronto-based Rio Algom (TSE) has agreed to buy a 25% royalty interest in the production proceeds from the Polaris mine on Little Cornwallis Island, N.W.T. The royalty interest is the main asset of NC…

Toronto-based Madsen Gold (TSE) has proposed a private placement of 80-100 units at $12,350 each. A unit will consist of 9,000 flow-through common shares at $1.25 each and 1,000 common share purchase …

Alvin Einbender appointed chairman of the executive committee of the board; Gerard Munera appointed chairman; Carmen Fimiani appointed president; William Mulligan appointed executive vice-president of…

While most foreign mining companies active in Chile target exploration-stage properties of “elephantine” potential, Aurex Resources (VSE) — part of the Hughes-Lang Group — is setting its sights on s…

Philippine President Fidel Ramos recently signed a law reducing taxes on minerals, which he described as a rescue package that would attract foreign investors to his country’s ailing mining industry. …

The Guanaco open-pit mine has been in production for more than a year and 90%-owner Amax Gold (NYSE) is still working the bugs out of the system. Situated 145 miles southeast of Antofagasta, the mine …

Output at La Coipa, an open-pit gold and silver mine in northern Chile, has continued to expand. Production in 1993 — 8 million grams gold (258,200 oz.) and 413.7 million grams silver (13.3 million o…

Joint-venture partners Bema Gold (TSE) and Amax Gold (NYSE) have resumed negotiations with banking institutions to finance the Refugio gold project in north-central Chile. The capital cost of placing …

Large gold producer Lac Minerals (TSE) is looking to increase both reserves and output at its Chilean holdings. The company’s Lac South America division holds more than 600 square miles in the Andes (…