Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Work crews developing the Lockerby nickel-copper-cobalt mine in Sudbury, Ont., have surpassed 300,000 man hours without a lost-time injury.The development program, carried out by J.S. Redpath, involve…

A low diamond count from the Crater of Diamonds state park in Arkansas means the project may be better suited as a tourist attraction.Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) says the results to date fall shor…

Cristobal Resources (CTV-M) has begun exploration at one of its 35 newly acquired properties in Peru. Sampling and geophysical surveys are under way at the Anita property near Barrick Gold’s (ABX-T) P…

Peter Cooper appointed president and chief executive officer.

Patrick Lawless appointed director.

Preliminary exploration on Delta Gold Mining’s (DTG-V) newly acquired Asturias copper project in the Philippines has identified several large zones of strong copper mineralization.The project is the f…

Kevin McCrory appointed president and David Hodge appointed vice-president.

David Chaplin appointed president and director.

Almazy Rossii-Sakha (ARS), Russia’s largest producer and only authorized exporter of rough diamonds, and South Africa’s De Beers Consolidated Mines are believed to be inching their way towards a new t…

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Drilling is set to resume at the Taca-Taca porphyry project in Argentina’s Salta province.BHP Minerals, the operator, can earn an initial 60% interest from Corriente Resources (CTQ-T) by spending US$3…

Noel Porter appointed director and chairman; Gary Handley appointed executive vice-president and chief operating officer; Michael Sheridan appointed executive vice-president of mining and exploration;…