Articles by Northern Miner Staff



NEW MINES ROUNDUP — Green light for uranium mines

The Cigar Lake uranium project in northern Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin — a joint-venture held 48.7% by Cameco (CCO-T) and 36.4% by French-owned Cogema Resources — has received conditional approva…


MINING IN CANADA — Cream exploring near Kaslo

A work program by Cream Minerals (CMA-V) is testing the Kaslo silver project in the Slocan mining district of southeastern British Columbia.The $660,000 program is aimed at testing the Cork South silv…





Moneta to seek new partner for Michaud

A subsidiary of Barrick Gold (ABX-T) has dropped its option to earn a 60% interest in 52 of the 138 claims that comprise the Michaud property, near Timmins, Ont.Lac Exploration has opted to forgo furt…



Patrician drilling at Powell

Junior Patrician Gold Mines (PXX-A) has begun a diamond drill program on its wholly owned Powell Twp. gold property near Matachewan, Ont.The company established an exploration grid in March, and magne…


Cleanup under way at Los Frailes mine

A tailings dam failure at the Los Frailes mine, about 30 km northwest of Sevilla, Spain, has flooded a large area of farmland, and Spanish authorities are considering pressing charges.The mine, owned …


Intiedougou takes shape

When Ottawa-based junior Orezone Resources (ORZ-T) took on a gold exploration property in southwestern Burkina Faso, it had no clear idea where to find gold. But on top of that, it didn’t even know wh…


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