Essex drilling expands Bolivian deposit
Diamond drilling by Essex Resource (ESX-V) has expanded a volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposit at the Miguela concession in western Bolivia.The company has confirmed that mineralization in the …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Vulcan Minerals to drill Carbonear property
A summer exploration program by Vulcan Minerals (VUL-A) will test the potential of the Carbonear base metal property, 80 km west of St. John’s, Nfld.The property covers several large gossan zones and …
DIAMOND PAGE — Russians to pass diamond regulations
Legislation regulating the export and import of rough diamonds in Russia is receiving final approval from President Boris Yeltsin.Once the law is passed, a new trade agreement is expected to be negoti…
Cumberland buys remainder of Meadowbank
Cumberland Resources (CBD-T) has agreed to a deal that will see its interest in the Meadowbank gold property, 70 km north of Baker Lake, N.W.T., increased to 100%.The deal with Comaplex Resources (CMF…
Eden Roc expects Afema to improve
Shareholders who attended the annual meeting of Eden Roc Mineral (EDN-T) did not hesitate to express some displeasure at the overall performance of the company’s gold mine in Ivory Coast, West Africa….
DIAMOND PAGE — De Beers’ CSO reports record sales
Sales of rough diamonds by the marketing arm of De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBRS-Q) netted the company a record US$2.8 billion for the first six months of 1997, an increase of 4.8% over the same peri…
Golden Knight, Cross Lake cut sulphides east of Timmins — Results lead to additional geophysical work, drilling
Two ambitious exploration programs in the greenstones east of Night Hawk Lake, about 50 km east of Timmins, Ont., appear to be paying off for Cross Lake Minerals (CRN-V), East West Resource (EWR-V) an…
COMMENTARY — Changing of the guard
The author is project manager of Keep Mining in Canada, a campaign designed to increase awareness of the importance of mining in this country.Now we start again.The election is over and there are new …
Output of precious and base metals declines
Canadian production of refined copper, nickel and potash increased in April, compared with the same period last year. However, output of gold, silver, lead, zinc, primary copper, asbestos and salt was…
DIAMOND PAGE — Winspear, Aber recover diamonds from dykes
A total of 149 macros and 252 microdiamonds was recovered by caustic fusion analysis on a 137.1-kg sample obtained from 13 drill holes that intersected kimberlite dykes in a restricted 1-sq.-km area o…
ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Breaking through at the Eagle
In the late 1960s I was working in the engineering department of Agnico Eagle Mines’ Eagle Gold mine, a new project near the town of Joutel in northwestern Quebec.The mine manager there, Harry Pike, w…
Kennecott inks Mexican deal
Kennecott Minerals has signed a letter of intent with a private company to develop a copper mine in the central Mexican state of Zacatecas.According to terms of the deal, Kennecott, a subsidiary of Ri…