Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Louis Gignac, president of gold miner Cambior (TSE), recently moved into the market to increase his share holdings. According to the Ontario Securities Commission’s OSC Bulletin, Gignac bought 3,000 s…

The Lac de Gras staking rush has quickened a largely unpopulated and undeveloped area to life after Dia Met Minerals and BHP-Utah Mines announced that the 160-ton sample from their find contains gem-q…

Recession has hit South Africa’s mining industry hard, forcing down the price of gold, the closure of mines and the laying off of about 100,000 miners since retrenchment began in September, 1990. “The…

Having completed a limited amount of drilling on the Poplar property near Houston, B.C., New Canamin Resources (VSE) has decided to drop its option and concentrate on its Huckleberry property 25 miles…

Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin Inc. and Simon-Carves Ltd. of the United Kingdom have joined forces to supply turnkey sulphuric acid plants mainly in Central and South America and in Canada using the Monsa…

As a crew from Aber Resources (TSE) started ground checking geophysical targets on the Diavik joint venture property at the end of June, two other juniors arranged financing for diamond projects in th…

Several major mining companies are reported to have expressed an interest in the Black Pine copper-cobalt-gold massive sulphide project recently acquired by Formation Capital (VSE) in the Blackbird mi…

A 10,000-ft. drilling program is under way on the Prairie Creek property in the Northwest Territories, an advanced mine project recently acquired by San Andreas Resources (VSE). The property, develope…

Toronto-based Joutel Resources (TSE) has signed a letter of intent with the government of Cuba to acquire four tracts of land each covering about 1,600 sq. km. While negotiations with the Cuban govern…

Resources giant Noranda (TSE) has given notice to the Ontario Securities Commission and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C., that it may issue new debt during the next two …

Partners Skeena Resources (VSE) and Trillion Resources (ASE) say they have identified three gold targets on their 3,300-sq.-km permit in Ivory Coast. Working in conjunction with joint venture partner …

A work program to include at least 10,000 ft. of diamond drilling is under way on the Jones Hill property in New Mexico, a volcanogenic massive sulphide project acquired earlier this year by Champion …