Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Diamond drilling is under way at Windflower Mining’s Goldfinch property southeast of Revelstoke, B.C. Project operator Granges Exploration confirms that 10,000 ft of diamond drilling will be completed…

Green Coast Resources reports it has assigned an option to Wilco Mining on a property about 60 mi west of Thunder Bay, Ont., near Upper Shebandowan Lake. Under the agreement, Wilco can earn an 80% und…

Vancouver-listed Aurun Mines and Equinox Resources have signed an agreement to lease eight patented claims covering the sunlight Basin sulphur deposit located in Wyoming. The lease also provides for t…

Nothing if not ambitious, Giant Yellowknife Mines is embarking on a 5-year program which it expects will see gold production soar from the present level of about 200,000 oz per year, to 300,000 oz. Th…

A drilling program is under way by Vior Inc. on the Matagami property in northwestern Quebec. Also, the company this month initiated, in partnership with Mazarin Inc., a drilling program on the Sheffo…

With an annual exploration budget of $4 million — $16 million committed for the next four years — the ground-breaking Quebec Crown corporation, Soquem, is bound to make its presence in the mining in…

An exploration agreement has been reached between Minefinders Corp. and Tracker Resources involving the latter’s 20 claims in Duplessis Twp. in the Bachelor Lake area of northwestern Quebec. Minefinde…

Well into gold and oil and gas exploration, and soon to be a silver producer, International Platinum still has every intention of making a name for itself in platinum. “We’re determined to become the …

Toronto-based Wilco Mining has entered into an option agreement with prospectors David Petrunka and Wayne McChristie of Thunder Bay, Ont., covering a group of 45 unpatented mining claims and two paten…

The Montana Tunnels project of Pegasus Gold was officially opened last week. Over 500 guests attended the commissioning of one of the lowest grade, conventional gold mining operations in the world ne…

Many of Canada’s mills are small and old. With workforces of only two or three operators, there would be very little advantage in reducing operating costs through automation. So it seems safe to say t…

Gold miners in the nation’s biggest gold camp might be mining some pretty lean ore over the next 2-3 years. Instead of mining ore that averages no less than 0.065 oz gold per ton, as they do today, mi…