Articles by Northern Miner Staff

New zone and porphyry target at Lobo

Vancouver — Mindoro Resources (MIO-T) has intersected what may be a new ore shoot in the West Drift area of its Lobo gold-copper project in the Philippines. Also, preliminary results from ongoing geophysical work would seem to…


Fjordland extends zone at Woodjam

Vancouver — Fjordland Exploration (FEX-V) has intersected significant mineralization at the Woodjam copper-gold porphyry project in central British Columbia.



Augusta buys Mt. Hamilton project

Vancouver — Northern Canadian diamond explorer Augusta Resource (ARS-V) is venturing south of the border by acquiring the Mount Hamilton gold project in Nevada’s Battle Mountain trend.


One geoscience licence for Canada

Provincial legislation restricting the practice of geoscience to registered practitioners does not answer the requirements of the profession, says Richard Moore, chairman of the geoscience committee of the Prospectors & Developers Association Cana…


Campbell boosts interest

Partners of Campbell Resources (CCH-T) in the Copper Rand project in north-central Quebec have agreed to turn their minority interest into shares of Campbell.


Matamec looks south at Vulcain

Results from an airborne electromagnetic survey at the Vulcain property, 165 km southeast of Val d’Or, Que., suggest that previously mined zones of nickel-copper mineralization extend southward beyond a historical open pit.


Photo by Pattie BealesRobert Doyle, Bolivar Gold's chief financial officer, stands in front of the Choco mill construction site.

Bolivar soon to produce at Choco 10

El Callao, Venezuela — Bolivar Gold (BGC-T) is just a couple of months away from production at its 36-sq.-km Choco gold property, about 650 km southeast of Caracas.


Ivanhoe eyes Mongolian coal

Vancouver — Buoyant prices, driven largely by unquenched demand from China, has prompted Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) to evaluate a number of coal projects in the South Gobi region of Mongolia.


Feasibility augurs well for Red Chris

Vancouver — BcMetals (C-T) is encouraged by the results of an independent feasibility study of the Red Chris project in northwestern British Columbia.



Teck sells Cajamarquilla

Brazilian metal producer Votorantim Metais will take over the Cajamarquilla zinc refinery in Peru following a deal with operator Teck Cominco (TEK-T) and minority owner Marubeni.


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