Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A 5,000-ft. program is to begin shortly on the Stockade Mountain gold property in Oregon, report partners Placer Dome U.S. (a unit of Toronto-listed Placer Dome) and Carlin Gold (ASE). The drilling wi…

Toronto-listed X-Cal Resources is expected to acquire a privately owned 1,500-acre mineral lease next to its Gold Spar property on the Battle Mountain gold trend in Nevada. To do so, it will pay the M…

Two officers of Madeleine Mines (TSE) (now called North American Palladium) exercised options and sold shares in June. According to the Ontario Securities Commission’s OSC Bulletin, officer Peter Blun…

NASDAQ-listed USMX has the right to acquire about 10,000 acres of patented and unpatented mining claims in the Thunder Mountain mining district of central Idaho. The agreement covers the Thunder Mount…

A planned merger between Cazador Explorations (VSE) and Granduc Mines (TSE) should go a long way toward raising the required financing to bring the Keystone gold project into production. Cazador can e…

New York-listed Coeur d’Alene Mines stands to benefit from a combined share purchase and property agreement with International Curator (VSE). Coeur d’Alene will receive a 66.7% interest in the Jualin …

A publicly traded company, to be known as Antares Mining & Exploration, will be formed through the amalgamation of Goldpost Resources (TSE) and privately owned Antares Mining & Exploration. Under the …

Ontario’s Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) is in the midst of erecting a $178-million Taj Mahal in downtown Toronto. At first blush, this might seem a bit odd. For it was the WCB that, only a few mon…

The Castle Mountain gold mine came through its first year with flying colors, shareholders of Viceroy Resource (TSE) were told at the annual meeting. Viceroy operates and owns 75% of the open-pit, hea…

Nickel miner Inco (TSE) has sold its 61.9% interest in TVX Gold (TSE) to a group of Canadian underwriters led by Wood Gundy and Burns Fry. Proceeds from the sale, after underwriting commissions, total…

A second phase of drilling will begin shortly on the Cat Town polymetallic project in Mariposa Cty., Calif. Partners Atna Resources (VSE) and Laramide Resources (TSE) each hold half of an option to ac…

A Colorado-based laboratory has developed a geochemical exploration method capable of detecting mineral deposits buried under up to 1,000 ft. of overburden or cover rock. If the method proves legitima…