Champion funds work
Junior Champion Resources (CHL-V) has increased a private placement by 400,000 units to 2.4 million units.Each unit will consist of one share and one share purchase warrant exercisable over two years….
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Aurora Platinum buys property
Aurora Platinum (ARP-V) plans to acquire the McDonough platinum-palladium property, 12 km north of Red Lake, Ont.The property hosts a poorly exposed gabbro with a strike length of 9 km, as defined by …
Cambior fights for survival
With creditors breathing down its neck, Cambior (CBJ-T) has been granted a one-month extension to turn in a plan outlining how it will repay or refinance the balance of its bank loan by the end of thi…
Partners find high grade beneath low grade
A hole drilled by Normandy Mining (NDY-T) at the advanced Ntotoroso gold property in Ghana suggests the presence of higher-grade tonnage beyond the current pit outline.Situated near Kumasi, in the cou…
Bema closes financing for Julietta project
Through its 79%-owned Russian subsidiary, Bema Gold (BGO-T) has closed a US$35-million financing agreement for the construction of the Julietta mine in that country’s far eastern region.The financing …
Metallurgical breakthrough key to Howards Pass
Tails do not wag dogs, or at least not for very long, and trends in the exploration business ultimately follow the forces that are driving the metals and mining business further downstream.Metal marke…
Conflict in DRC a black cloud over mining
Helped by Rwanda, rebel leader Laurent Kabila toppled larcenous dictator Mobutu Sese Seko in 1997 and became president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), formerly Zaire. A year later, Rwanda a…
Stellar results from Ekati mine drive Dia Met Minerals
Explorer-turned-producer Dia Met Minerals (DMM-T) doubled its earnings for the six months ended July 31, 2000, on the back of strong global demand for its 29% share of rough diamonds produced at the E…
Conquest gains CDNX listing
Conquest Resources will test its mettle on the Canadian Venture Exchange under the new symbol yqr.The Toronto-based junior holds gold exploration properties in Zimbabwe and Tanzania, as well as intere…
Sulliden drilling at Mario
Sulliden Exploration (SUE-T) has begun a 7-hole, 800-metre drilling campaign on the Mario base metal property in the Peruvian department of Junin, some 50 km southwest of Huancayo.The new holes will t…
Los Frailes expansion on hold
Continued losses at the Los Frailes zinc-lead mine in southwestern Spain have forced Boliden (BOL-T) to apply for court protection for operating subsidiary Boliden Apirsa.Apirsa, which had been losing…
Great Basin expands Ivanhoe (October 09, 2000)
Hunter-Dickenson-led Great Basin Gold (GBG-V) continues to delineate high-grade gold and silver vein systems at its wholly owned Ivanhoe property in Nevada’s Carlin trend.Four drill rigs are delineati…