Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Within the next 3-4 weeks, Aber Resources (TSE) expects to receive results from an 800-kg kimberlite intersection from the first hole drilled on the A-154 anomaly near Lac de Gras, N.W.T. The results …

Toronto-listed Dayton Mining has announced a $34-million equity financing, which will be used in conjunction with a US$50-million bank underwriting, to develop a heap-leach mine in central Chile. Cons…

Montreal-based MSV Resources (TSE) has redesignated its A shares into common shares, effective June 20. The copper-gold producer, which has never issued shares other than the A variety and which also …

Drilling on the Midway project near Rock Creek, B.C., has returned an 11-ft. intersection averaging 1.52 oz. gold per ton. Privately owned Phoenix Resources and Sway Resources (VSE) have earned a 51% …

Latin-American gold producer Greenstone Resources (TSE) has sold a 12.3% interest in its newly formed Colombian subsidiary to Instituto de Fomento Industrial (IFI). IFI is a Colombian government agenc…

Vancouver-listed Minorca Resources has entered an agreement with a prospector to acquire the Phooey Lake property in Langloiserie Twp., near Chibougamau, Que. Previous work, during 1945-53 and 1985-88…

Alberta-listed Fairmile Acquisitions has identified several new zones of gold mineralization at the Buffalo Valley mine in northern Nevada. Drilling on the north-south-striking, 2,400-ft.-long Front f…

In Costa Rica, Ariel Resources (VSE) will explore a mile of strike length northeast of the San Rafael zone at its San Martin mine. The zone contains about 4.3 million tons (minable by open-pit methods…

Junior Red Rock Mining (NASDAQ) has acquired the Goldfield project in Nevada and changed its corporate name. Red Rock issued 12 million shares to American Resource (NASDAQ) for the latter’s 50% intere…

In Greenland, exploration has begun on two base metals properties in which Platinova A/S (TSE) holds interests. Two drills have been sent to the northern peninsula of Peary Land to explore the company…

Your editorial “Exodus” (T.N.M., June 6/94) suggests a number of reasons for a decline in exploration in Canada and, to your credit, some potential solutions. My concern is your reference to junior ex…

Environmental concerns will be the focus of the Mining Environmental Management Conference at Reno, Nev., Oct. 16-19. The conference and accompanying exhibition are aimed at executive and technical ma…