Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) and HDRK Mining Research are the joint recipients of the 1996 R&D 100 Award from R&D Magazine for inventing an instrument used to detect loose rock in mines.In tests, th…

Rio Algom has donated $200,000 to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Elliot Lake, Ont., for the creation of a palliative care trust named in honor of Lawrie Reinertson, the company’s former president who died o…

The bulk sampling program at the Blina project of Kimberley Diamond (KDC-V) has yielded 42 diamonds thus far.The project is situated in West Kimberley, South Africa.Kimberley recovered one stone weigh…

Saskatoon-based Shore Gold (SGF-A) has recovered diamonds from two kimberlite pipes at its 75%-owned Fort la Corne property in Saskatchewan.Four geophysical targets were subjected to a total of five d…

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Junior Sulliden Exploration (SUE-M) has entered into an agreement with two Peruvian companies to acquire the 8,800-ha Huaquillas gold project in northern Peru.The Rouyn-Noranda, Que.-based company mus…

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PMA Resources (PRY-V) has changed its name to Cassidy Gold (CDY-V) on a 1-new-for-4-old-share basis.

Drilling at Triton Mining’s (TTM-T) Manantial Espejo property in Argentina is expanding the gold and silver resources in the Maria Vein.The Vancouver-based junior is engaged in an ongoing 10,800-metre…

With two exploration programs already under way in Chile, Yamana Resources (YRI-T) has decided to launch a third.The work will focus on a 84-sq.-km land package in the northern province of Antofagasta…

A series of metallurgical tests has confirmed the “extremely high” quality of calcium carbonate concentrates from Bruneau Minerals’ (BRM-M) Lac St.-Jean, Que. deposits.Bruneau has reserves of 13.5 mil…