Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A 44% increase in gold production from the Castle Mountain mine has enabled Viceroy Resource (TSE) to post earnings of $11.25 million for the year ended March 31. The figure is more than double the $5…

Junior Golden News Resources (VSE) has commissioned an Arizona-based firm to engineer and construct the Luz del Cobre copper project in Mexico’s Sonora state. M3 Engineering & Technology of Tucson wil…

Montreal-based Nora Explorations (ME) has completed a $150,000 private placement. The funds will be used to explore the company’s alluvial gold and diamond Kade concession in Ghana, West Africa, as we…

Beginning this summer, prospectors will have the opportunity to promote their properties on a special “Prospector’s Page” in Canadian Mining Journal (CMJ). The CMJ will publish 120-word descriptions o…

Cynthia Avelino appointed president and director; Walter Clemens, William Daly, Jack Milligan and David Stewart elected directors.

Chet Idziszek and Arthur Luney appointed directors.

David Smith appointed vice-president and chief financial officer; Bruce Hansen appointed senior vice-president, corporate development.

Franz Scheidz and Paul Joseph McGuigan appointed directors.

Australian-based Ashton Mining of Canada (TSE) has discovered a third kimberlite near Attawapiskat River in northern Ontario. The company is earning a 51% interest in the project, which is 70% owned b…

American Gem (TSE) has completed a $7.3-million Euroequity offering. The placement, consisting of 1.5 million shares at $4.88 per share, was arranged by IBK Capital, a Toronto-based investment banking…

Surface and underground drilling by Hendricks Minerals (CDN) continues to intersect shallow, low-grade mineralization over broad widths at the Cross Lake gold-silver project in Colorado. To date, two …

Fueled by increases in base metal prices, the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 composite index gained just over 100 points to close at 4,269.15 for the week ended May 17. The mines and metals subgroup, lead…