Editorial: Mexican staking in turmoil
The risky business of mineral exploration is full of surprises, and the week ended Sept 8, the 36th trading week of 2007, gave us a big one.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Roughly half of Mexico unavailable for staking
Vancouver — The Mexican government has staked over 3.2 million sq. km of mineral concessions to prevent oil and gas companies from exploiting a loophole in Mexican mining law that officials say could…
Burkinabe welcome Goldbelt
SITE VISIT Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso — Through the cloud of red dust, black lines can be seen stretching out over the flat surface of the…
Wallbridge finding Sudbury mineralization beyond the basin
SITE VISIT Sudbury, Ont. — For many years, the mines around Sudbury were a settled story: two big companies, one big intrusion that hosted all…
Core from Northair’s EL Reventon shows strong silver
Vancouver — The first drill results from International Northair Mines’ (INM-V, INNHF-O) El Reventon project, in Mexico, are revealing strong near-surface silver mineralization.
Kinross to partner with Linear Gold at Ixhuatan
Vancouver — Five years of work on the Ixhuatan gold-copper-molybdenum project have paid off for Linear Gold (LRR-T, LGCFF-O), which recently signed an agreement bringing Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N) on …
Nokomis expands to south
Duluth Metals (DM-T, DULMF-O) has intersected more copper, nickel and platinum group element mineralization on its Nokomis deposit, on the Maturi Extension project in northeastern Minnesota.
High-grade gold at Three Bluffs
Vancouver — The initial batch of assays from drilling at Committee Bay Resources’ (CBR-V, CBYRF-O) Three Bluffs deposit, in Nunavut, has returned some significant gold grades over good widths.
Obituary (September 17, 2007)
Paul Brown Paul Brown passed away suddenly after completing a day’s work at the Dome mine, in Timmins, Ont., part of the Porcupine Joint Venture…
Glencairn reduces cyanide in Bellavista heap
Vancouver – Since the recent ground movement incident and suspension of operations at Glencairn Gold’s (GGG-T, GLE-…
Antares, Mansfield hit best Rio Grande intercept yet (September 14, 2007)
Vancouver – Rio Grande project joint venture partners Antares Minerals (ANM-V, ANMFF-O) and Mansfield Minerals (MDR…
Aurizon ups tonnage at Joanna
For the second time in just over a month, Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T, AZK-X) has announced a revised resource figure for …