Rio Narcea expands in Spain
Subject to final approval by Spanish authorities, Rio Narcea Gold Mines (RNG-T) has exercised an option to acquire the Aquablanca nickel-copper-platinum group metals project in that country’s Extremad…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Las Cristinas sold off as deadline looms
Vancouver — Facing a deadline imposed by its partner, Placer Dome (PDG-T) has sold its 70% interest in the Las Cri…
Resource estimate under way at River Valley (July 13, 2001)
Having sunk another 16,000 metres, Pacific Northwest Capital (PFN-T) is proceeding with an independent resource est…
Namco creditors approve restructuring (July 13, 2001)
Creditors of Namibian Minerals (NMR-T) have approved a plan of arrangement that will bring the company’s subsidiari…
Miramar, Hope Bay pull more gold at Naartok
Drilling has returned more mineralized intersections for partners Miramar Mining (MAE-T) and Hope Bay Gold (HGC-T)…
Rimfire picks up Bill
Vancouver — With Newmont Mining (NEM-N) set to launch a 1,200-metre drill program over Rimfire Minerals’ (RFM-V) R…
Copper Ridge options tantalum property
Vancouver — With the price of tungsten and tantalum heating up, Copper Ridge Explorations (KRX-V) has inked a deal…
Trading Summary (July 13, 2001)
The Toronto Stock Exchange opened lower on Friday, but rallied early in the day to finish the week strongly. The TS…
Semafo sees smaller but tighter Segala resource
At the Segala gold deposit in western Mali, a re-evaluation of the resource by owner Semafo (SMF-T) has produced an…
IMA to drill in September
Vancouver — A surface sampling program by IMA Exploration (IMR-V) has extended the high-grade gold mineralization…
Alamos, National Gold seek merger
Vancouver — Attempting to move the large Salamandra project forward, National Gold (NGT-V) is proposing to merge w…
First Quantum refinances Bwana Mkubwa (July 12, 2001)
First Quantum Minerals (FM-T) has borrowed US$14.2 million from KBC Bank to refinance and possibly expand its Bwana…