No place like home for Eastmain Resources
The notion that the grass is always greener on the other side of the globe has found little favor with Eastmain Resources (ER-T), a Toronto-based company exploring for gold and base metal deposits in …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
EXPLORATION – Buchans River hits VMS zone
Buchans River (BUV-A) has intersected massive sulphides at its Barasway de Cerf property in southern Newfoundland.The best intersection from the 3-hole program returned a weighted average grade of 4.6…
EXPLORATION – Billiton stirs up Buchans camp — Phelps Dodge, Rio Algom also drawn to historic region
Billiton, the world’s fourth-largest nickel producer, has gained access to about 1,000 sq. km in the Buchans area of central Newfoundland following an aggressive round of deal-making with several juni…
EXPLORATION – Oxus to review Amantaytau gold project
London-based Oxus Resources has been invited by the Uzbekistani government to submit a definitive proposal to develop the Amantaytau and Daugyztau gold deposits in Uzbekistan. The deposits lie 400 km …
EXPLORATION – Tri Origin homes in on Cobar camp
A 1,650-sq.-km land package in Australia’s Cobar mining camp is providing a new exploration focus for Tri Origin Exploration (TOE-T). The newly optioned holdings are also a natural fit with the compan…
EXPLORATION – Radisson seeks to raise funds
A proposed financing arrangement would allow Radisson Mining Resources (RDS-M) to explore three of its gold-base metals properties in Quebec.The financing has two components. The first calls for the i…
EXPLORATION – NEWS ROUNDUP — Mountain Lake finds disseminated gold
Toronto-based Mountain Lake Resources (MOA-V) has reported the discovery of a new style of disseminated gold mineralization at its Valentine Lake project in Newfoundland.Hole 98-97 cut two near-surfac…
EXPLORATION — New horizon at Caber North
Drilling has opened up an untested horizon and added to the potential of the Caber North base metal target in northern Quebec’s Matagami region, reports Southern Africa Minerals (SAF-T).A 4,000-ft. dr…
EXPLORATION – NEWS ROUNDUP — Triex options Tenajon’s Pardo
Vancouver-based Triex Resources (TIE-V) is about to begin line-cutting, sampling and geophysical work at its newly optioned Pardo gold property 60 km northeast of Sudbury, Ont.The junior recently sign…
EXPLORATION — Exploration heats up in northwestern Argentina — South America’s El Indio gold belt continues to attract Canadian juniors
Drill results from the Veladero property of Argentina Gold (ARP-T) have caught the eye of mining markets, even though numerous juniors have been working in the region for some time.Of particular inter…
EXPLORATION — Robex evaluates new Diangount target
Further work is under way at the Diangount property in western Mali as operator Robex Resources (RBX-M) begins to assess an ultramafic intrusion in the northern part of the property.Robex, which is e…
EXPLORATION — Goldeye hits high grade
A hole drilled by Goldeye Exploration (GEYE-C) has returned high-grade gold values over narrow widths at the junior’s Gowganda Tyrrell Twp. property in Ontario.Hole 9 intersected a quartz carbonate su…