Articles by Northern Miner Staff



Regal tests target near Kidd Creek

The prospect of discovering another copper-zinc deposit comparable to Kidd Creek continues to lure junior companies to Ontario’s Timmins camp.One such company, Regal Goldfields (REGL-C), recently laun…


Ventures prepares for Alaskan drilling

Ventures Resource (VRS-V) is evaluating gold occurrences on its Seventy-mile gold property in eastern Alaska.Contractor Watts, Griffis & McOuat has identified 12 gold prospects along the 30-mile Tinti…


Santa Fe gets nod for Twin Creeks

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has approved plans to expand the Twin Creek gold mine in northern Nevada.The decision allows owner Santa Fe Pacific Gold (GLD-N) to expand the pit and thereby gain g…


Banro hunts for gold in Zaire

Toronto-based Banro Resource (BANR-C) is exploring its Namoya gold property in the Maniema province of eastern Zaire.CME Consulting is managing the program, which consists of an airborne geophysical s…


High River adds to African holdings

Toronto-based High River Gold Mines ((HRG-T) has acquired an option to earn 100% of a 500-sq.-km concession adjacent to its Taparko gold project in Burkina Faso.A second-phase, US$2-million exploratio…


Tri Origin drills to expand Lewis Ponds

A drill program by Tri Origin Exploration (TOE-T) is attempting to expand mineralization at its Lewis Ponds property in New South Wales, Australia.Resources at the Toms zone of Lewis Ponds stand at 1 …



Development work halted at Komis gold mine

The recent slump in gold prices has led to a decision to curtail development work at the Komis gold mine in Saskatchewan.Waddy Lake Resources, a wholly owned subsidiary of Golden Rule Resources (GNU-T…


Correction (February 10, 1997)

At the Camsell Lake project in the Northwest Territories, a total of 143 diamonds, including 33 macros, was recovered from 34.05 kg of boulder material sampled from two sites. Incorrect information ap…


Sutton boosts Bulyanhulu resource

With preliminary estimates suggesting the Bulyanhulu gold deposit in northwestern Tanzania could contain up to 5 million oz., the directors of Sutton Resources (STT-V) have adopted a shareholder right…


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