Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Junior Adrian Resources (VSE) released assay results for eight holes drilled on its Petaquilla property before a break in field operations over the Christmas season. The Panamanian copper project is h…

A private placement will allow Societe Miniere Ecudor (ME) to increase to 35% its stake in the Dona Lake gold mine in northwestern Ontario. The $1-million debenture placement, which has yet to be appr…

Pending a review of exploration results for the past year on the Schell Ranch property, a U.S. subsidiary of Inco (TSE) is expected to resume drilling in early 1994. The property is in Calaveras Cty.,…

Parquet Resources (PQT:ME) has changed its name to Plexmar Resources (PLE:ME) on a 1-new-for-8-old-share basis.

By acquiring all outstanding shares of Ecuadorian resource company Square Valley, Startigan (ASE) has assumed ownership of two gold projects in the foothills of the Andes. The Gaby property, 85 miles …

Peat Resources (CDN), a company with plans for a peat fuel processing plant, says Ontario Hydro will participate in a formal review of the technical and economic aspects of Canada’s sustainable peat f…

Surface sampling and drilling demonstrate that the gold-bearing zone of the Beta Vargas deposit in Costa Rica is open to the east and at depth. Lyon Lake Mines (ME) has completed 17 reverse circulatio…

(The following story is characteristic of the life and death of many placer miners in early years. The individual described, Stumpy Wicks, worked on the Coeur d’Alene River, in Idaho.) Stumpy Wicks wa…

Junior gold miner Wheaton River Minerals (TSE) has sold its Ketza River property, near Ross River, Y.T., to YGC Resources (VSE). In return, Wheaton will receive three million YGC shares, giving it a 4…

T&H Resources (TSE) says its Damoti Lake property in the Northwest Territories has been brought to lease. Limited sampling on the shore of Damoti Lake proved disappointing. However, geophysical work a…

It wasn’t so many years ago that most Latin American countries were strictly beyond the pale for North American investors. Military dictators, political corruption and graft, popular uprisings and sus…

Drilling is under way at the Kasperske Hory gold project, 80 miles southwest of Prague in the Czech Republic. Two Vancouver-listed partners — Paramount Ventures & Finance and Royalstar Resources — h…