Noranda drills Nfld copper prospect
Toronto-based Noranda (NOR-T) has begun a first phase of drilling at the Blue Point copper prospect, part of the Red Cliff project in eastern Newfoundland.Blue Point is a gently dipping, coastal expos…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
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Newmont resumes search at Limousine Butte
In preparation for a third round of drilling on the Limousine Butte gold property in east-central Nevada, a field crew from Newmont Mining (NEM-N) has begun soil sampling and ground geophysics prior t…
Great Basin delves under Hollister
Deep drilling by Great Basin Gold (GBG-V) is testing for Devonian carbonate rocks below the Hollister deposit at the Ivanhoe property in Nevada’s Carlin trend.Ivanhoe is midway between two major opera…
Cordero shows gallium values
At the Cordero property, near McDermitt, Nev., Gold Canyon Resources (GCU-V) has uncovered gallium values in the range of 200 grams per tonne — purportedly the highest such grades so far encountered …
News – 11-JUN-01
Don’t hold your breath
The late-May spike in the gold price proved to be short-lived, but that didn’t prevent gold bugs from speculating that the bears, the banks and the bookkeepers were at last going to be put to rout. Fo…
PEOPLE (June 11, 2001)
Cogema — Tim Gitzel appointed president and CEO; Vincent Martin appointed senior VP and COO.Vista Gold — James Garrington, Ovidio Pereyra and Alessandro Perez appointed members of the advisory commi…
Idaho cobalt on fast track
Denver — After submitting a plan of operations for the Idaho Cobalt project, Formation Capital (FCO-T) has voluntarily agreed to a joint review by state and federal regulators and third-party consult…
More drilling at Scossa
Denver — In light of a successful 2000, Romios Gold (YRW-V) plans to resume drilling at the Scossa property, 6 miles southeast of the Rosebud mine in northern Nevada.The new campaign, budgeted at US$…
Corriente cuts high values at Mirador
Vancouver — Junior Corriente Resources (CTQ-T) has intersected its highest copper and gold grades to date at the Mirador prospect in southeast Ecuador.Seven vertical holes targeted the northern edge …