Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Following its acquisition of privately held Sominki, Toronto-based Banro Resource (BANR-C) is anxious to get on with the job of exploring its exclusively held gold belt in eastern Zaire.But first the …

A section of kimberlite was intersected by Tandem Resources (TDM-M) while drilling a gold target at its Guibord Twp. property east of Matheson, Ont.The company says the kimberlite was obtained at 365….

By 1999, the Chilean subsidiary of Homestake Mining (HM-N) expects to be producing 45,000 oz. gold per year from the Jeronimo deposit on the Agua de la Falda property.Situated near Homestake’s produci…

Determined to outline a gold mine in French Guiana, joint-venture company Societe des Mines de St-Elie has begun a new diamond drill program on the St-Elie project.St-Elie, the company, is operated jo…

At the Kipushi zinc-copper mine, a few minutes’ drive from Lubumbashi and a short walk from the Zambian border, it is hard not to be reminded of the faded glory of Zaire’s copper belt. For here, a mam…

Toronto-based William Resources (WIM-T) will soon begin a US$4-million program aimed at testing several gold properties in Sweden and Finland.In December 1996, following its takeover of Swedish-based …

Sampling and drilling at the Opoteca concession of VenCan Gold (VCG-M) in Honduras have identified a gold-silver body at least 400 metres long.A 2,000-metre drill program testing the Antiguas area con…

Operator Exall Resources (EXL-T) has extracted and stockpiled 7,000 tonnes from the Glimmer gold project in northeastern Ontario. The material is being shipped to the St Andrew Goldfields mill, 33 km …

Early in April 1974, while awaiting the paperwork for a trip to Africa to be processed, I had accepted a 3-month contract as a mine surveyor with Terra Mining & Exploration at the Terra mine. Departur…

Montreal-based junior Vauquelin Mines (VAQ.A-M) has reported a net loss of $26,000 (or nil per share) for the 6-month period ended Dec. 31, 1996, compared with a net income of $1.1 million (12 cents p…

Drilling has dramatically enhanced the potential of Francisco Gold’s (FGX-V) El Sauzal gold project in Mexico’s Chihuahua state.Highlights from the second phase of drilling include: 261.5 metres avera…

Northern Orion (NNO-T) has granted Brooks Resources (BRC-V) an option to earn up to a 60% interest in the Campana Mahuida copper project in Argentina.The geologic resource is estimated at 76.15 millio…