Articles by Northern Miner Staff

After funding about $4.2 million on exploration and metallurgical work since 1990, Cheni Gold Mines (TSE) has decided to drop its option to acquire a 60% interest in the J&L polymetallic property, nea…

Canadian companies are leading the rush to Venezuela’s Kilometre 88 district where Placer Dome (TSE) is exploring a gold deposit which, according to the speculation of mining analysts, has multi-milli…

Development of the large Omai gold mining project in Guyana has spurred exploration efforts in neighboring Suriname by one of the Omai partners. Golden Star Resources (TSE) which, with project partner…

The list of mining companies with advanced projects in Chile is extensive, and featured prominently are Canadian companies ranging from a “who’s who” of senior producers to fledgling juniors. Besides …

Large-column copper leaching tests are under way in Tucson, Ariz., on 6-inch-diameter core drilling samples from the wholly-owned Mariquita copper project in Mexico, Cominco Resources International (T…

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is a step toward outlining a free trading area that might ultimately stretch from Alaska to the tip of South America, says the president of the Business…

A drill hole on Canmine Resources’ (CDN) Fer property, northeast of Flin Flon, Man., has intersected base metal mineralization. The hole was drilled to test a newly delineated gravity anomaly. Hole Fe…

Exploration on the 280-sq.-km property in the historic El Oro gold camp, northwest of Mexico City, is under way by Hillsborough Resources (TSE) and Mexican joint-venture partner Luismin S.A. de C.V. T…

In the past few years, several junior and senior Canadian mining companies have turned to the Caribbean in search of copper and gold. Most of the current exploration activity is being focused in Cuba …

Within the next several months, Jordex Resources (TSE) plans to evaluate several mineral concessions in the Kilometre 88 and El Dorado regions of Bolivar state, Venezuela. The company has been active …

Assay results released by joint-venture partners Eurus Resource (VSE) and Crystallex International (VSE) confirm that Venezuela’s Kilometre 88 district is prospective for high-grade gold targets. The …

Despite some political uncertainty in the wake of President Alberto Fujimori’s seizure of power last spring, capital for major mine development projects continues to pour into Peru. “The private secto…