Articles by Northern Miner Staff

By spending $2 million on exploration and paying $300,000 cash, Santa Fe Canadian Mining will earn a half interest in Globex Mining’s (ME) Victoria gold project. Situated in Clericy Twp., Que., the pr…

Vancouver-listed Annabel Gold Mines has raised $700,000 to explore the Carissa mine property near South Pass City, Wyo. The mine is owned by Hol-Lac Gold Mines (CDN). Since its discovery in 1867, 30,0…

By carrying out exploration work in the Mongolian People’s Republic, Mongolia Gold Resources (MGR) is earning a 49% interest in the Bumbat property. The property is situated 200 km west of the north-c…

In northern Mexico, Dragon Gem (VSE) is earning a half interest in the Las Vigas copper project from a wholly owned subsidiary of Corner Bay Minerals (ME). Situated in Chihuahua state, the 3,474-hecta…

Montreal-listed junior Globex Mining reports promising results from drilling on the Duquesne West gold project in northwestern Quebec. The company intersected 18.9 ft., which averaged 0.34 oz. gold pe…

National polls are the only practical means available for determining Canadians’ perceptions and opinions on certain issues and why they feel and think the way they do. On the other hand, all such sur…

Partners War Eagle Mining (VSE) and Great Western Gold (VSE) have discovered three diamondiferous kimberlite pipes on their 50-50 joint venture near Candle Lake, north of Fort a la Corne, Sask. The dr…

There are about three hundred economists in the world who are against gold, and they think that gold is a barbarous relic — and they might be right. Unfortunately, there are three billion inhabitants…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US61.00-62.00 cents per lb. (Mar. 10, 1994). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US76-80 cents per lb. (June 10, 1993). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$2.35-2.65 per lb. (Sept. 23, 19…

Colorado-based Horizon Resources (NASDAQ), which operated the Buffalo Valley heap-leach gold project in Nevada from 1987 to 1990 under the name Horizon Gold (T.N.M., March 7/94), returned the lease to…

The chief geologist of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), James Franklin, will speak about the future of Canadian mining in an address April 7 to the Toronto branch of the Canadian Institute of Mi…

While investor interest has mostly been focused on gold, the price of silver has run up quite nicely recently. During this report week, for example, the price rose US17 cents to US$5.59 per oz. Slight…