PEOPLE — Latitude
John Carden appointed president and director; Donald Ranta appointed director.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
EDITORIAL & OPINION — ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Getting the house in order
In 1925, I was finishing a job for Longyear in West Virginia and, at the same time, looking for work in Canada.A.D. Wentworth, a Boston mining engineer, offered me a job at what was known as the W.A.D…
Scoping study points to Camsell Lake’s potential
Preliminary results of a scoping study of the NW Snap Lake kimberlite dyke at the Camsell Lake property in the Northwest Territories suggest that the potential economics of the project are strong.Wins…
Partners expand Chocolate Reef
An independent resource calculation has increased by 31% the size of the Chocolate Reef gold deposit in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria Gold district.Chocolate Reef is situated on the Kahama property, which …
Orvana aims to double Pederson resource — Potentially large target attracts attention of BHP
After a hiatus of more than a year, Orvana Minerals (ORV-T) is preparing to resume drilling at the Pederson project in the central Altiplano region of western Bolivia.Reflecting a renewed interest in …
Newmont, SW Gold ink Peruvian deal
Newmont Gold (NGC-N) will join Southwestern Gold (SWG-T) in the search for gold deposits in southern Peru.Newmont can earn a half-interest in Southwestern’s Puno project by spending US$1.5 million ove…
Atapa options Doherty ground
Atapa Minerals (AML-M) has signed a deal with privately held DCM Gold to acquire the Doherty Cooper gold property near Kirkland Lake, Ont.Atapa can acquire a full interest in the eight claims that mak…
Diagem funds Brazil work
To finance ongoing exploration in southwestern Brazil, Diagem International Resource (DGM-V) has raised $200,000 in a private placement.The company sold 1.1 million units at 18 cents each. A unit cons…
Possible kimberlite in northern Alberta
Kennecott Canada Exploration has encountered a rock unit that it believes may be kimberlite while drill-testing the Phoenix geophysical target at the Legend property in northeastern Alberta.An ultrama…
First Dynasty sells Sembakung
Singapore-based First Dynasty Mines (FDM-T) has severed its ties to Indonesia by selling an 80% interest in the Sembakung oilfields project to Equatorial Energy.Equatorial acquires US$15.5 million of …
Freewest targets gold at Golden Ridge
Junior Freewest Resources (FWR-T) is carrying out a trenching program at its Golden Ridge property on the border of New Brunswick and Maine.Golden Ridge covers 91 sq. km of contiguous claims, of which…
Rayrock closes Daisy purchase
Rayrock Resources (RAY-T) has acquired the remaining 65% stake in the Daisy gold mine owned by sister company Inter-Rock Gold (IRO-T).The property was purchased for a total of about US$1 million cash …