Articles by Northern Miner Staff

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Oakville, Ont.-based Waseco Resources (CDN) and Nevada company Carson River Gold are negotiating the sale of 50,000 tons of placer gold material from Carson’s leased Lyon Cty., Nev., property to Wasec…

Step-out drilling at the Prairie Creek project, 300 miles east of Yellowknife, N.W.T., intersected 29.5 ft. grading 8.72% lead, 18.66% zinc and 4.23 oz. silver per ton in hole PC-92-23. San Andreas Re…

A deal to purchase all the issued shares of Minerex Resources was recently cancelled. Cornucopia Resources (TSE) reached an agreement to purchase the shares from owner Canada Tungsten Mining (TSE) in …

The Canada Labour Relations Board says it may take some time to rule on issues related to a prolonged dispute at the Giant gold mine, on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake. The mine is owned by Ro…

A major resource of specialty metals and rare earths has been discovered in a wide fluorite-bearing vein in the southern Yukon by Dodgex, a private company in Whitehorse. Representative sampling of ou…

London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Mar. 16 Mar. 15 Mar. 12 Mar. 11 Mar. 10 Copper 1491-1492 1508-1509 1520-1521 1499-15…

The Porgera joint venture, in which Placer Dome (TSE) is a partner, has agreed to sell to the government of Papua New Guinea an additional 15% interest in the Porgera gold mine. The three partners in …

Initial step-out drilling at the Petaquilla property in Panama has increased preliminary reserve estimates to more than one billion tons. Adrian Resources (VSE) is drilling under an option to earn up …

A toxic gas leak in the Sudbury, Ont., area during the summer of 1990 has cost Falconbridge $180,000 in fines. The nickel-copper producer was convicted in a Sudbury court on six of nine counts under t…

Just emerging from a political crisis that saw its president, Fernando Collor, resign under accusations of corruption, Brazil is now concentrating on controlling its rampant inflation rate. But Collor…

The Centenario gold deposit announced last year is the first discovery made by Minera Hispaniola S.A., a company formed by joint venture partners Canyon Resources (NASDAQ) and Battle Mountain Gold (NY…