Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Minorca to buy chunk of McWatters

Minorca Resources (MAR-T), flush with $67 million in cash once earmarked for its Indonesian projects (including a 60% financing of Askatindo Karya Mineral’s 10% share of the Busang gold bluff), will s…


N.B. conference to focus on environmental practices

A conference focusing on environmental practices at Canadian mining operations will be held at the Hotel Beausejour in Moncton, N.B., from Sept.25 to 26.Entitled “Green Challenges at Mining Sites,” th…


OBITUARY — George Finlay

George “Bill” Finlay, a well-known figure in the mining contracting industry, has died. He was 68.Born in North Cobalt in 1928, Finlay graduated from the Haileybury School of Mines in 1947 and began h…


Franciso expands El Sauzal

Vancouver-based Francisco Gold (FGX-V) has released results from the final holes of a third phase of drilling at El Sauzal, an epithermal gold project in Mexico’s Chihuahua state.Southeast of the West…


Son of Sodmex launched

Montreal-based Capital d’Amrique, a company linked with the public fund manager Caisse de dp(tm)t et placement du Quebec, is investing $15 million to start up Sodmex II, a Quebec-based exploration and…


Nuinsco to drill at Rainy River

Two financings are expected to generate $3 million and allow Nuinsco Resources (NWI-T) to accelerate drilling at its wholly owned Rainy River project in northwestern Ontario.The Toronto-based junior p…






Red Lake drilling shows promise for Goldcorp

Mineralization discovered this spring at the Goldcorp (G-T) mine in Red Lake, Ont., is quickly being expanded into a resource.The new zone, unveiled last June, is on the 24 level, 1,100 metres below s…


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