Articles by Northern Miner Staff

I am sure everyone has heard enough of Bre-X Minerals and Busang by now. As an investor who saw his small portfolio dwindle, even though I had no Indonesian investments, I know that I have.There is an…

The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index fell 18.32 points, or 2.4%, to close at 751.4 cents during the report period ended Nov. 11. The mining index slid 22.41 points, or 3.4%, to close at 643.32…

A first phase of exploration on the Agusha-Gumu gold property in western Ethiopia has returned encouraging results for owner Emerging Africa Gold (EAGI-C).The program consisted of geological mapping, …

BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange – Midday bid/ask prices in US$ per tonne)DateNov. 11Nov. 10Nov. 7Nov. 6Nov…

Preliminary drilling and trenching by Ursa Major International (urs-t) are assessing two soil anomalies on the Nirinsk property in central Kazakstan.The anomalies are seen as potential open-pit gold d…

Australian-based Newcrest Mining plans to drill-test the Diente Verde gold-copper porphyry prospect in the central Argentine province of San Luis.Newcrest can acquire a 60% interest in the property fr…

Westmin Resources (WMI-T) is acquiring the right to earn a 51% interest in the Vizcachitas copper porphyry project in central Chile from Denver-based General Minerals (GNM-T).Westmin will be required …

Rift Resources (RIF-V) and its United Kingdom-based partner, Reunion Mining, have begun a 25-hole program of percussion drilling on the Silobela gold project in Zimbabwe.The drilling is focused on fou…

Oliver Gold (OGO-V) has had second thoughts about selling its interests in Malian gold properties.The Vancouver-based junior was prepared to sell it interests in the western African country (T.N.M., N…

Gold producer Viceroy Resource (voy-t) earned $3.5 million (or 7 cents per share) on revenue of $29.8 million in the third quarter.Those numbers mark a significant improvment over the $38.1-million lo…

Junior Marshall Minerals (MMC-T) will earn a majority interest in the Qian Dong Shan lead-zinc mine in the northern Chinese province of Shanxi.The company has signed a letter-of-intent with Xian Corp….

Having incurred more than $80 million in expenditures on a 2-year prefeasibility study, the Diavik diamond project in the Northwest Territories is entering the formal feasibility and permitting phase….