Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Through an operating arm in South Africa, Vancouver-based Crew Development (CRU-T) has acquired an 81.47% interest in the O’okiep copper mine smelter in northwestern Cape Province.O’okiep comprises a …

Toronto-based Sahelian Goldfields (SHGI-C) has arranged a US$5-million loan facility to provide working capital for its producing Poura gold mine in Burkina Faso.The loan facility is being provided by…

Junior Mispec Resources (MPE-M) has retained the South African division of a international merchant bank to help secure a partnership with a South African mining company.The Canadian company is hoping…

Exploration by Oromonde Mining (OMP-V) has resulted in the discovery of near-surface gold mineralization at the Bukoli and Mgusu gold projects in the Lake Victoria goldfields district of Tanzania.Rota…

Africa could hardly be described as a hotbed of foreign exploration investment these days, but a few juniors are keeping their projects alive by maintaining the right mix of ingredients to attract wha…

The opening weeks of 1999 have seen a series of discoveries in the Timmins and Matheson areas of northeastern Ontario.Drilling by Pentland Firth Ventures (PFO-T) at the Ludgate property in Michaud Twp…

Having gained a seat at the table with an earlier purchase, Franco-Nevada Mining (FN-T) has cleared more elbow room for itself by buying additional Inco (n-t) Voisey’s Bay Nickel shares.With the purch…

Nine members were recently inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame — including, for the first time, first nation members — at a gala dinner and awards ceremony at Toronto’s Royal York Hotel.M…