Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A number of funding alternatives are being reviewed by Eureka Resources to complete a previously scheduled work program on its Frasergold property 60 miles east of Williams Lake, B.C. Jack O’Neill, pr…

A third diamond drill is now drilling on the Fifteen Mile Stream gold property of Pan East Resources in Nova Scotia, where Greenstrike Gold Corp. and Petromet Resources report they have expanded their…

Except for one day early in the week, when trading soared to more than 18 million shares (approximately 10.8 million shares of a non- resources stock were involved in the day’s total), activity on the…

Dr Alan Bauer, head of the department of mining engineering at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont., has died at age 55. During Dr Bauer’s 21 years at Queen’s, he made many contributions to mining educa…

The initial phase of a trenching and diamond drilling program at Vancouver-listed Parklane Technologies’ Spooner gold property near Beardmore, Ont., is now complete. The Calgary company says four new …

Berglynn Resources, Vancouver, reports drilling is under way on its Klondike City placer gold prospect, across the Klondike River from Dawson City, Yukon. According to President Ernest Bergvinson, the…

Additional drill results have been received by Moneta Porcupine Mines from the company’s Michaud Twp., Ont., property. Located east of Timmins, the property has been the site of drilling since July. S…

A bioleaching process developed by Giant Bay Resources for treating refractory gold ores can be considered an “attractive alternative” to roasting or pressure oxidation as process alternatives for the…

An agreement has been reached between Argentex Resources and Lenora Explorations whereby Argentex can earn a 49% interest in Lenora’s 5-claim property in Black Twp., in the district of Timiskaming, On…

Harry Bell, a long-time mine recorder for the Ontario government, has died at his home at Mine Centre, Ont., at the age of 71. Born in Toronto, Mr Bell moved to Mine Centre in 1936, where he was an as…

Winner of this year’s “Prospector of the Year award from the Quebec Prospectors Association is Denis Francoeur and his team from Noranda Exploration. The award was presented for two discoveries in nor…

Drilling at the Tally Pond-Duck Pond project in central Newfoundland continues to intersect encouraging base and precious metals values, Noranda Exploration reports. The property, located about 142 km…