Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Mishibishu. It’s a strange sounding name but one likely to become increasingly familiar to our readers in the months and years ahead. The recent announcement that the Mishibishu joint venture group (5…

Uranium mineralization was discovered during drilling at the Key Lake district in northern Saskatchewan where the Saskatchewan Mining Development Corp. is involved with five joint venture partners, an…

USMX Inc., a Denver-based company, says it has been given the green light by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to proceed with construction on its Green Springs gold project in Nevada. Ground breakin…

Using technology developed in the oil fields, Gold Ridge Resources is testing a new way of recovering gold at its Wingdam deep channel placer gold deposits located near Cottonwood in north-central Bri…

New drilling has started on the joint-venture property of Consolidated Thompson-Lundmark Gold Mines about 35 miles northeast of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories. President Richard Evarts tells…

Nearly 26 years after it was mothballed, the old Flavrian property near Rouyn-Noranda, Que., is about to become a gold producer once again. Operator Cambior Inc. says it is within two months of a prod…

A new force has arrived on the Vancouver mining scene, one which has already challenged a takeover attempt by a large U.S. major for an emerging B.C. gold producer. Prime Capital (through Pezgold Reso…

In an unspectacular trading session, large blocks of four gold issues crossed the floor. Although the interest in Suffolk Resources, Sweany Gold, Varna Gold and Argus Resources, may have reflected a f…

When Northgate Exploration acquired a 13% equity stake in Campbell Resources and an option on 19.6%, it came as no surprise to Northgate watchers. Campbell’s Chibougamau gold/ copper interests made it…

The Aquarius gold mine, operated by Asarco Exploration Canada, is expected to produce 15,000 oz of gold this year. Located 22 miles east of Timmins, Ont., the mill began processing feed from a surface…

Infill drilling completed by Saskatchewan Mining Development Corp. on the Fork Lake gold property in Saskatchewan, has confirmed the continuity and high grade nature of the zone, the company says. Par…

Explorations of Toronto an option to earn a 50% interest in a 14-claim property in Tully Twp., 40 km northeast of Timmins, Ont. Under an agreement, after New Texmont has spent $400,000 within one year…