Articles by Northern Miner Staff

An exploration drill program operated by Minerex Resources (TSE) has encountered the western extension of the Humboldt vein being mined at the Aurora Partnership heap leach operation in Mineral Cty., …

Shares of Wheaton River Minerals, the first junior mining company to be cleared for listing on The Toronto Stock Exchange this year, were expected to be up and trading July 16. Formed to acquire the f…

An antitrust suit filed under court seal against Fairbanks Gold (TSE) was recently settled before becoming public. The court seal gives companies five business days to resolve a dispute before it beco…

Pacific Metals (ASE) has proposed a private placement of 1.4 million special warrants at a price of $1 to replace a previously announced common share placement. Each warrant will be exchangeable into…

Operators at the Golden Rule prospect in Arizona have exposed the property’s main vein on the second level. Cochise Resources (ASE) says that although grade along the 270-ft. drift exposure is varia…

A joint venture agreement has been signed with a subsidiary of RTZ of London covering the exploration and possible development of four mineral licence areas in Greenland, Platinova Resources (TSE) rep…

Partners Greenstone Resources (TSE) and Boliden International Mining of Sweden have reported a “new area of surface gold mineralization” at their Santa Rosa heap leach project in Panama. Owned 49% by …

Fifteen years after it first went into production, Niobec, the only underground niobium mine in the world and the only mine of its kind in North America, continues to turn out at a relatively low cost…

The recent 10-month-long strike at the Brunswick zinc-lead mine near Bathurst, N.B., has forced Noranda (TSE) and 67% owned affiliate Brunswick Mining & Smelting (TSE) to look for help in expanding it…

The price of silver, which in early June received a boost from a bullish report by The Silver Institute of Washington, D.C., continues to trade well in New York. Spot price of the precious metal on t…

A joint venture covering diamond exploration between Repadre Capital (VSE) and AMPAL in Botswana has been revised to allow Repadre to earn a 50% interest in the venture. Initially, Repadre agreed to …

Regarding James Wade’s letter “Diagnosis of exploration’s malaise” (T.N.M., Jun. 24/91), I am prompted to add some comments, having managed the Canadian Exploration Incentive Program (CEIP) for 1989 a…