Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Metanor buys Bachelor Lake mine

For $2.3 million in cash, Montreal-based junior Metanor Resources (MTO-V) has bought a 100% interest in the formerly producing Bachelor Lake gold mine in Quebec from miner Campbell Resources (CCH-T).


A view of Meridian Gold's flagship El Peon gold-silver mine in Chile, one of the lowest-cost gold mines in the world.

Meridian options Nicaraguan find

Eager to expand its exploration efforts and use the expertise gained from mining low-sulphidation epithermal vein systems in Chile, Meridian Gold (MNG-T) has struck a deal with Radius Gold (RDU-V) to earn a 60…


Pat McAndless, Imperial Metals' vice-president of exploration (centre), and Biran Kynoch, president (right), at the Northeast zone drill site, part of the Mount Polley project in central British Columbia.

Drilling expands Mount Polley

Vancouver — Imperial Metals (III-T) has expanded copper-gold mineralization at the Mount Polley mine project, 56 km northeast of Williams Lake in central British Columbia.



Tahera advances Jericho (October 04, 2004)

Tahera Diamond‘s (TAH-T) Jericho diamond project in Nunavut took another step toward reality after the Kitikmeot Inuit Association formally signed an Inuit impact-benefit agreement.


A Kluane portable core-drilling rig in operation at Corriente Resources' Mirador copper project in Ecuador.

Corriente updates Mirador (October 04, 2004)

Vancouver — A new resource estimate for the Mirador copper-gold project in southeastern Ecuador augurs well for Corriente Resources (CTQ-T), which plans to build a 20,000-to-25,000-tonne-per-day operation.


Landing at the Shabogamo nickel-copper project in western Labrador.

Gallery, BHP to drill Shabogamo

Gallery Resources (GYR-V) and joint-venture partner BHP Diamonds, a unit of BHP Billiton (BHP-N), have identified five priority drill targets on their Shabogamo nickel-copper project in western Labrador.



Zenda to buy Terex (October 04, 2004)

Toronto-based junior Zenda Capital (ZND-V) will be going ahead with its proposed acquisition of privately held Terex Resources, previously announced in July.


Tri Origin in Australia

Tri Origin Exploration‘s (toe-v) 51.1%-owned Australian subsidiary, Tri Origin Minerals, is launching a new exploration campaign at its flagship Woodlawn base metals prospect in New South Wales.


Voisey’s Bay production just a year away

While it’s a bit rich for Inco (N-T) to be describing its long-delayed Voisey’s Bay nickel-copper-cobalt project in Labrador as “ahead of schedule,” construction at the mine site is going so well that the commissioning of the mi…


Barrick joins Eurasian

Eurasian Minerals (EMX-T) is entering into a 4-year regional exploration joint venture in Turkey with Barrick Gold (ABX-T).


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