Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Resource proved up at Lufua

Three drilling programs by First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) at the Lufua copper-cobalt deposit in Katanga, Congo, have…



Rubicon gains stake in African company

Vancouver — In return for an investment of $1.4 million, Rubicon Minerals (RMX-V) has secured rights to acquire a 29.7% interest in Africo, a private company that controls mineral projects in several African nations, including…


Higher costs at Kisladag

Costs at Eldorado Gold‘s (ELD-T) Kisladag project in western Turkey are being hampered by the effects of value-added tax (VAT).


New Britannia drags down High River Gold

High River Gold (HRG-T) incurred a $17 million loss for 2003, most ($14 million) of which is attributed to a writedown on the company’s share of the New Britannia mine in Manitoba. The mine is slated for closure later this year.



Nevada Pacific options Pat Canyon

Vancouver — Nevada Pacific Gold (NPG-V) is gearing up to explore its newly acquired Pat Canyon property, adjacent to the past-producing Tonkin Springs gold mine in Nevada’s Eureka Cty.


Minco secures another Chinese gold deposit

Vancouver — An agreement with several Chinese agencies gives Minco Mining & Metals (MMM-T) the right to earn up to a 51% interest in the Changkeng gold deposit in Guandong province.



Wayne Reid, St. Andrew Goldfields' exploration manager, and Ellsworth Dickson of Resource World Magazine examine drill core at the Stock Mine east of Timmins.

Clavos shows promise for St Andrew

Timmins, Ont. — Tempora mutantur, said Ovid, though he was probably not thinking about the recovery of the gold market when he did. But in Timmins, the times have changed, enough that a camp that lost one of its major gold producers in 1999 is be…


Open-pit mining of nickel-laterite ore at PT Inco's Saroako operations in Indonesia.

Inco updates Goro

In its preliminary findings from a major review of its 85%-owned Goro nickel-laterite project in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, Inco (N-T) has managed to come up with a new mine plan that will simultaneously lowe…


RNC boosts gold reserves (May 31, 2004)

Toronto-based RNC Gold (RNC-T), owner and operator of most of Greenstone Resources’ old gold assets in Central America, has expanded its reserves and resources at the La Libertad and Bonanza mines in Nicaragua and the Cerro Quem…


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