Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Diamond Fields International (DFI) has acquired all the subsisting rights of BHP Minerals International and Benco to gain an interest in the Luderitz diamond mining concessions, off the coast of Namib…

A 1,000-metre, 6-hole program is under way on the Canalask property in southeastern Yukon.Owner Expatriate Resources (EXR-V) will test coincident airborne electromagnetic and magnetic geophysical anom…

Spending on exploration and mine development surpassed $108 million last year in the Yukon Territory, continuing an upward trend which began in 1992.Exploration spending totalled $54.8 million (a 37% …

Alberta-listed Coleville Resources (CLL-A) plans to raise $2 million in a private placement to finance exploration and development of its Indonesian properties.The financing comes less than two months…

The Lundin group’s Tenke Mining (TNK-T) has a monstrous copper-cobalt resource which it hopes to exploit by means of low-cost metallurgical techniques. The drawback is that it exists in Zaire, a count…

Since taking the helm of Minefinders (MFL-V), following a corporate reorganization in August 1995, President Mark Bailey has remained focused on the exploration and development of the Dolores and Bols…

Rouyn-Noranda, Que.-based Maude Lake Exploration (MAU-M) is exploring its gold properties in the Abitibi greenstone belt.At the 4,050-ha Matheson property in the Destor-Porcupine fault, just northeast…

Vancouver-based Viking Gold (VGCN-C) has started drilling its Svartliden gold project in northern Sweden.The company can earn a 60% interest in the project by spending US$600,000 on exploration, and a…

Now that it fully owns the Soukoura polymetallic property in Burkina Faso, Kinbauri Gold (KNBR-C) is planning an aggressive program of exploration.The company recently acquired a 50% back-in interest …

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An option agreement will add 2,000 acres of mineral claims to a land package held by Major General Resources (MGJ-V) in the Green Bay area of northwestern Newfoundland.The company says the newly acqui…

Government officials estimate that $100 million was spent on mineral exploration in British Columbia last year, a 20% increase from 1995.The largest exploration program in 1996 was carried out by Roya…