Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Denver-based Solitario Resources (SLR-T) has begun an 8-hole drilling campaign on its wholly owned Rincon del Tigre platinum-palladium deposit in eastern Bolivia.The program is focused on the extensiv…

Proceeds from a $2.6-million share offering will be used by Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) for ongoing diamond exploration at its projects in Quebec, Alberta, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.The Ri…

Denver — Hecla Mining (HL-N) has completed a US$5.5-million private placement, using money from its pension plan.The pension plan has assets of more than US$55 million, surpassing its projected oblig…

A sub-surface layer of till containing kimberlite float boulders in the Northwest Territories has returned a low diamond count. Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) discovered the layer on the Star joint-v…

Vancouver — Despite a 3-digit gain in the mining sector, Canada’s junior exchange finished the holiday-shortened week ended Sept. 4 on a low note. The Canadian Venture Exchange composite index lost 1…

The mining adage that gold properties are worth whatever someone will pay for them holds true in good times and bad. And in these tough times, mines can be had, and are being had, at bargain-basement …

Uranium producers have had little to cheer about in recent years.Hopes were raised earlier this year when the U.S. government unveiled its proposed energy policy, which included an increase in the use…

After rallying in the first few weeks of August, the major base metals markets gave up a substantial portion of their gains in the period Aug. 27-31. Long liquidation, accompanied by some fresh commod…

John Cumming wrote a detailed article on Gabriel Resources feasibility study of the Rosia Montana gold project in Romania (T.N.M., Aug. 20-26/01). His factually correct reporting of the study would ha…