Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Juniors Greenshield Resources (GSR-M) and Moss Resources (MRS-T) plan to acquire a combined 50% interest in 58 claim units in Currie and Egan twps. of Ontario.The companies say the Curregan property i…

Partners Placer Dome (PDG-T) and Etruscan Resources (EET-T) have modified their agreement pertaining to the latter’s Tiawa gold concession in western Niger.Placer can now earn a 51% interest in the en…

Kennecott Canada, a unit of Rio Tinto (RTP-N), has taken the financial steps necessary to maintain its 17% interest in diamond explorer SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T).Kennecott has taken up 173,670 uni…

Drilling by Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) has identified yet another kimberlite body at the Buffalo Hills project in north-central Alberta.The discovery brings to 17 the number of kimberlites found …

The proposed sale of First Dynasty Mines’ (FDM-T) wholly owned subsidiary, New Millennium Mining, to junior producer Cornucopia Resources (CNP-T) has been terminated.Both parties concluded that the tr…

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October ended in volatility, as trading activity reached a 7-month high.The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index closed at 775.11, down 6% from September and down 32% from October 1996. The mining…

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Shareholders of Monarch Resources (MRE-T) have voted against the proposed sale of La Camorra gold mine to Bolivar Goldfields (BVG-T).Monarch backed out of selling the Venezuelan mine when the sharehol…

Spokane, Wash.-based junior Minera Andes (MAI-A) has signed a joint-venture agreement with Pegasus Gold (PGU-T) to earn an 80% interest in the Arroyo Verde gold-silver discovery in south-central Argen…

Drilling by Eden Roc Minerals (EDN-T) has intersected a new zone of mineralization at the Afema gold mining project in Ivory Coast.Starting at a vertical depth of 430 metres, hole 63 intersected 9.6 m…