Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Icelandic Gold (ICEG-C) will acquire the dormant Zgounder silver mine, in the Anti-Atlas Mountains of southern Morocco.The junior has signed a letter-of-intent with a mining arm of the Moroccan govern…

AMT International MiningAnglo AmericanAnglogoldAnooraq ResourcesBema GoldCancor MinesChannel ResourcesChief Consolidated MiningComaplex MineralsConquistador MinesCorner Bay MineralsCumberland Resource…

Partners Channel Resources (CHU-T) and Solomon Resources (SRB-V) have entered into separate agreements that will allow Placer Dome (PDG-T) to earn up to a 65% interest in the Bombore and Naoube…

Edmonton-based Mindoro Resources (MIO-A) is enjoying early success from reconnaissance drilling at its Agata gold project on the Philippine island of Mindanao.From 11 diamond drill holes totalling 798…

Among the companies hoping to revive New Brunswick’s mining industry are Eastmain Resources (ER-T) and unlisted Bubbee Ventures. The companies recently acquired additional claims in the area to cover …

The third quarter of 1999 was another bad one for Vengold (VEN-T), which lost US$76.4 million (US53 cents per share) on gold sales revenue of US$10.5 million, compared with a loss of US$6.8 million (U…

Anooraq Resources (ARQ-V) is raising $4 million to carry out drilling at the Platreef platinum-palladium property in South Africa.The company stands to earn a maximum of $3.3 million by way of a priva…

A 35-hole drill program by Glamis Gold (GLG-N) at the Cerro Blanco project in Guatemala is attempting to prove up a resource of more than 1 million oz. by year-end.Drilling by previous owner Mar-West …

A newly consummated “strategic alliance” with a unit of Rio Tinto Mining (RTP-N) will allow Uruguay Goldfields (UGIL-C) to continue exploring gold and base metal targets on its 100,000 ha of concessio…

Golden Tiger Resources NL (GTS-V) has changed its name to ISP Limited (ISP-V).