Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Work under way at the Taparko gold project in eastern Burkina Faso in 1998.

Partners plan West African wedding

Eyeing a bigger slice of the promising Bissa project in Burkina Faso, High River Gold Mines (HRG-T) plans to swap its own shares for those of Jilbey Gold Exploration


Teck funds exploration at Jayjay

Vancouver — A $9-million funding agreement sets the stage for Teck Cominco (TEK-T) to earn up to a 65% interest in the Jayjay copper-gold property from Lysander Minerals



Mustang cuts massive sulphides at Mayville

Less than a month after acquiring the Mayville nickel/copper/platinum-group-element property, near Winnipeg, Man., Mustang Minerals (MUM-V) has reported encouraging drill results….






Oil-fired TSX breaks 10,000

Rising prices for crude oil pushed the Toronto Stock Exchange composite index over 10,000 during the report period June 14-20. The composite finished just shy of that mark, at 9,998.11, up 158.17 poin…


Venture-listed explorers continue rise

Strong metal prices continued to buoy the junior mining market, giving the S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index a 3.2% boost on the week, closing up 53.14 points at 1728.99 for the period June…


Roca Mines' Chief Financial Officer David Skerlec stands in front of his company's Max molybdenum deposit in southern B.C.

Miss Moly no longer a wallflower

Vancouver — British Columbia has become ground central for a flurry of exploration activity aimed at finding primary and secondary molybdenum deposits….


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