Articles by Northern Miner Staff
EXPLORATION ROUNDUP — Juniors benefitting from Ashton find
A host of exploration companies has joined the land rush triggered by Ashton Mining of Canada’s (ACA-T) discovery of diamond-bearing kimberlites in the Buffalo Hills area of northern Alberta.* Victory…
EXPLORATION ROUNDUP — Mirandor joins Kinross at Nevada’s Carlin trend
An agreement with Mirandor Exploration (MIG-M) sets the stage for Kinross Gold (K-T) to earn a 50% interest in the Railroad gold project in Nevada’s Carlin trend.To earn the interest from Mirandor, Ki…
EXPLORATION ROUNDUP — Solomon continues testing Bombar First
Partners Soloman Resources (SRB-V) and Channel Resources (CHU-T) have announced encouraging drill results from the Bombore First project in Burkina Faso, West Africa.An 11,558-metre Rotary Air Blast (…
EXPLORATION ROUNDUP — Metallica picks up Brazilian mine
Metallica Resources (MR-T) has signed an agreement to buy the Mara Rosa gold mine in Brazil from a subsidiary of Western Mining (WSTM-N).Metallica paid an initial US$400,000 upon signing the agreement…
EXPLORATION ROUNDUP — Minera Andes drills in Argentina
Junior Minera Andes (MAI-A) has drills turning on the Arroyo Nuevo gold project in the west-central Argentine province of Neuqun.The company is testing for sediment-hosted gold mineralization in a seq…
SULTAN
Arthur Troup appointed president.
Geomaque nears production decision at Vueltas del Rio
Junior producer Geomaque Explorations (GEO-T) has received an environmental permit for its Vueltas del Rio gold project in northwestern Honduras, paving the way for construction to begin in the coming…
PEOPLE — STERLING PACIFIC (December 01, 1997)
Laura Lee Duffett appointed vp of exploration.
PEOPLE — SOUTHERN CROSS
Hugh Synder appointed director.
PEOPLE – PALMER
Jerry Pogue elected director.
PEOPLE — NORDAC
Douglas Goss appointed vp.