Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Defiance cuts high grade at depth

Reverse-circulation drilling has cut some high-grade intersections beneath the Piment Central deposit on Defiance Mining‘s (DM-T) Tasiast gold project in Mauritania.


Study examines larger mine at Las Cristinas

Vancouver — A feasibility study prepared for Crystallex International (KRY-T) suggests the economics of Las Cristinas could be improved by doubling daily throughput to 40,000 tonnes.


Test mining at Fenelon property (May 17, 2004)

Development began with a blast in early April on the 5213 “E” stope at the Fenelon gold project in northwestern Quebec. International Taurus Resources (ITS-V) and Fairstar Explorations (FFR-T) intend to test-m…


Revenue up, earnings down for Fording (May 17, 2004)

Vancouver — Calgary-based Fording Canadian Coal Trust (FDG-T), a continuation of predecessor Fording, posted net income of $10.7 million in the recent first quarter, plunging from $147.3 million a year earlier.


Quadra secures contract miner

Vancouver — An agreement with the Washington Group has allowed Quadra Mining (QUA-T) to secure contract-mining services and equipment for its wholly owned Robinson copper mine project, near Ely, Nev.


Copper Ridge drills Quitovac

Vancouver — A 1,200-metre drill program is testing the Quitovac gold project in Mexico’s Sonora state. The project is held jointly by CastleRock Resources (CRI-V) and Copper Ridge Explorations (KRX-V).


New zone at Essakan

Results continue to expand the resource at the Essakan gold property in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Orezone Resources (OZN-T) is the operator, while Gold Fields (GFI-N) is earning a half-interest in the 1,450-s…


Beaufield climbs on Rouleau results (May 17, 2004)

Nepean, Ont.-based Beaufield Consolidated Resources (BFD-V) has released encouraging initial results from drilling at its Rouleau gold property, 120 km east of Lebel-sur-Quevillon in northwestern Quebec.


Photo by James WhyteA view of Inmet Mining's Troilus open-pit gold mine near Chibougamau, Que.

Aur, Inmet reach merger deal (May 17, 2004)

A merger-of-equals deal struck at the beginning of May will see Aur Resources (AUR-T) and Inmet Mining (IMN-T) join to form a single company with significant assets in the copper mining business.



Flow-through shares: a history

The recent success of so-called “flow-through” shares may make them seem like a new idea in Canada but this financing device found its way into the business lexicon here roughly 50 years ago with company-to-company “flow-through” shares. It took a…


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