Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Junior General Minerals (GNM-T) has intercepted high-grade copper-gold values at the Pajaritos property in Chile.The company completed eight holes, all of which intercepted anomalous values. The high-…

Four holes drilled on the Victoria gold project in Peru have returned significant results for equal partners Pangea Goldfields (PGD-T) and Sundust Resources (SDST-C).The holes, which were drilled on t…

Calgary-based Hampton Court Resources (HCR-A) has applied for the right to explore three mineral concessions in southern Ecuador. The land package is reported to cover placer gold occurrences.

A recent private placement is expected to provide gross proceeds of $8.7 million for Corner Bay Minerals (BAY-T), a junior company actively exploring for copper and gold in Canada, the southwestern U….

Despite having brought Chile’s Refugio gold mine into production, Bema Gold (BGO-T) found itself in the red at the end of 1996.The company recorded a loss of US$2.7 million (or 5 cents per share), com…

Junior Sulliden Exploration (SUE-M) has kicked off the first phase of an exploration program on Las Huaquillas, a gold-silver property in northern Peru.Two drills are being employed to complete a 5-ho…

Although previous exploration of the East zone in the Chabacan target area produced mixed results for Minefinders (MFL-V), recent drilling on the Mexican property has extended the Chabacan Main zone f…

Aur Resources’ (AUR-T) first mine outside of Canada, the Andacollo open pit in Chile, began producing cathode copper on schedule in November 1996 and is expected to reach full production by June of th…

Redrilling of the Torrie kimberlite pipe at the Yamba Lake property in the Northwest Territories has confirmed the disappointing results recieved from bulk-sampling.Based on the most recent results, M…