Articles by Northern Miner Staff

It has taken a few years but Murray Pezim’s “Operation Wawa” is off the starting block and about $2.5 million will be spent on the project this year. Mascot Gold Mines, the exploration arm of the Inte…

Mine finding — like development — is capital intensive and the availability of exploration funding has always been a key ingredient in discovering new mines. Today that funding is often provided by …

Exploration in the Lynn Lake, Man., area is expected to heat up this year following a concerted effort by SherrGold Inc. and Manitoba Mineral Resources to seek more joint venture partners. The two com…

A 600-ft-wide zone of strongly sericitized and sheared felsic tuffs containing 1% to 10% pyrite and, locally, visible gold, has been intersected right in the middle of Toronto-listed Wilco Mining’s 6-…

Anomalous gold mineralization has been encountered by drilling on the Douay and Joutel twps., Que., gold property owned by Beaufield Resources. The best results from the three-hole program assayed 0.0…

From a high of $28 last spring, the shares of Rio Algom have recently dropped to under $20. Over the past month or so, the market has focused on the company’s negatives — its abandonment of the East …

Gold issues are leading the major markets and some of the euphoria is spreading to COATS traded issues. Of interest to Carolin Mines shareholders; that issue, which was delisted by the Ontario Securit…

Results from two deep drill holes have considerably enhanced the potential of the Tundra gold property, held by Noranda Exploration Co. and partner Getty Resources. Located 130 miles northeast of Yell…

With the stock market rally continuing on North American exchanges and key indicators sprinting into uncharted territories, the 4-year old bull looks as frisky and as feisty as ever. And despite its a…

Work on the Pinetree gold property held by Goldenbell Resources is continuing on schedule, the company says. Located in California, the Pinetree property is being readied for mine construction beginni…

Muscocho Explorations says a crosscut from the recently- completed ramp intersected the main gold-bearing zone at the 300-ft level on the Magnacon property at Mishibishu Lake near Wawa, Ont. Muscocho,…

A 15,000-ton vat heap leach test will be performed this summer at the Colomac property held under option by Neptune Resources. The property, located in the N.W.T., is held under option from Johnsby Mi…