Diamondex revs its drills
Diamondex Resources (DSP-V) is readying for a 1,600-metre drill program to test several targets on the Czar, Hillto…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Mines ministers split on free trade
Canada’s chief political spokesmen for the mining industry appear to be at odds over the recent Canada-U.S. free-trade agreement. In a recent interview with The Northern Miner, the federal mines minis…
Equatorial cited for work
Equatorial Mining has received an award from the state of Nevada for reclamation work on its Tonopah heap-leach copper project, 320 km north of Las Vegas.The governor’s Excellence in Mine Reclamation …
John D. Frey
John D. (Jack) Frey, a former dean of the Haileybury School of Mines, has died. He was 75.Born in Cranbrook, B.C., in 1926, he graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1949 with a B.A.Sc. …
La Fortuna grows again (September 30, 2002)
A new resource estimate by Noranda (NRD-T) has expanded by 72% the tonnage of secondary mineralization at the El Morro copper-gold deposit in Chile.Noranda can earn a 70% stake in El Morro from Metall…
Ivanhoe reports hot hole at Turquoise Hill (September 30, 2002)
The Turquoise Hill copper-gold project of Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-T) in Mongolia’s South Gobi region just got bigger.A hole drilled at the virgin Far North zone returned 638 metres averaging 1.61% copper a…
Producer and Dealer Prices (September 30, 2002)
Antimony: Recent trades US$1,980-2,300/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$2.95/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$6.30-8.00/lb.Copper: Comex Dec US$0.709/lb.I…
Crystallex inks Las Cristinas deal (September 30, 2002)
Vancouver — Less than two weeks after being granted the “right to negotiate,” Crystallex International (KRY-T) and Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana (CVG) have agreed to advance the long-stalled Las …
Sweden’s Storliden makes the grade
Skelleftea, Sweden — Storliden, the first new mine in Sweden in more than a decade, has begun commercial production of copper and zinc on time and under budget.Situated 140 km northwest of the city o…
Greystar zooms in on Angostura
Reassured by the government’s hardened stance against armed rebels and having raised sufficient funds, Greystar Resources (GSL-T) is gearing up to renew drilling at its Angostura gold-silver property …
Correction (September 30, 2002)
In our Sept. 23-29 issue, the caption to the photo accompanying the feature on Freewest Resources Canada (FWR-T) should have read: Exploration geologist Wayne Stewart (background) examines a trench in…
Survey spurs Ontario exploration
Results from a lake-sediment survey completed by provincial geologists in the Lac des les-Black Sturgeon River are expected to stimulate mineral exploration in northwestern Ontario.The survey, carrie…