Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Both gold and base metal majors posted strong gains on U.S. equity markets in the report period May 19-25, even as the broader market moved sideways.

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.

Insider trading transactions reported in May 2004 Ontario Securities Commission Bulletin include the following:…

Toronto-based African Gold Group (AGG-V) has kicked off a 10,000-metre program of diamond drilling as part of a US$2.4-million first round of exploration at its 108-sq.-km Mankranho concession in Ghana.

SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) has been awarded 41 diamond exploration permits covering 13,000 sq. km in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Vancouver — A buoyant market for metallurgical coal is making it easy for Western Canadian coal companies to place new mines into production. The list includes the Willow Creek coal mine, scheduled to begin operations later this summer.

Pacific North West Capital (PFN-T) has intersected significant platinum-palladium mineralization in the Varley zone on its River Valley project, 65 km northeast of Sudbury, Ont.

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…

Vancouver — Southwestern Resources (SWG-T) reports satisfactory gold values from drilling at the Boka project in China’s Yunnan province.

Desert Sun Mining (DSM-T) has 10 surface drill rigs and 4 underground drills testing targets in the Bahia gold belt of eastern Brazil.