Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Canada could become the world’s newest diamond producer in early 1997 — assuming positive results are reported in a feasibility study on properties held by BHP Minerals and Dia Met Minerals (TSE) in …

The Cerro Mayal placer gold project in west-central Argentina has entered production. The processing of gold-bearing gravel began May 4 after a couple of months of plant commissioning and technical ad…

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Fifteen diamond drill holes, both vertical and inclined, have been completed at the Cross kimberlite target area in the Northwest Territories and three additional holes have been drilled in the southe…

San Francisco-based Homestake Mining (NYSE) is planning exploration and drilling for several newly acquired gold properties 25 km northwest of Venezuela’s Kilometre 88 district. Through a bidding proc…

Western markets took it on the chin over the week ended May 10, despite a rebound in gold to US$380 per oz. The Vancouver Stock Exchange resource index lost more than 30 points to close at 1,044.91, w…

After rising for several months, The Bank of Nova Scotia’s commodity price index declined by 1.1% in March. A substantial drop in agricultural prices and a smaller decline in forestry products and oil…

Proceeds from a rights offering amount to about $1.1 million for Armistice Resources (ME), after commissions and expenses. More than 7.2 million shares were bought at 18 cents per share in the over-su…

Results from ongoing drilling at the Andacollo project in central Chile have Dayton Mining (TSE) predicting an increase in reserves. The proven and probable minable figure is now estimated at 30.7 mil…

Junior Canmine Resources (CDN) has outlined a new target area on its Fer project in northern Manitoba. The target, known as the Island zone, is interpreted as lying vertically at a depth of more than …

An option agreement allowing International Holmstead Resources (VSE) to acquire the DKO property in northeastern Ontario has received regulatory approval. The 800-claim property is in Gauthier Twp., n…

Several juniors are continuing to add to their land positions near Fort MacKay in northeastern Alberta. Interest in the region began growing last spring after Focal Resources (ASE) announced that it h…