Articles by Northern Miner Staff

With a preliminary resource figure calculated at its Aripuana project in Mato Grosso state, Brazil, Ambrex Mining (AMBX-C) is preparing to start work on a second prospect, the Trairao property.Trairao…

Having been deemed uneconomic at current gold and silver prices, the Grouse Creek mine will be closed next year.Operator Hecla Mining (HL-N), which owns 80% of the Idaho project, is currently mining o…

The Russian gold mining company Buryatzoloto and its partial owner, High River Gold (HRG-T), have arranged financing to develop three gold mines in Buryatia, Siberia.The mines, known as Zun-Holba, Bra…

Rodney Orr appointed vice-president of investor relations.

Gavin Becker appointed president and chief executive officer.

Ronald Smith appointed director.

Junior Tri Origin Resources (TOE-T) has begun a 10,000-metre drill program on its fully owned Lewis Ponds polymetallic property in New South Wales, Australia.The program is intended to expand resource…

With the mining lease now secure, Roycefield Resources (RYC-T) is well on its way to bringing the Beaver Brook antimony property into production. The company hopes to start production during the middl…

The acquisition of two exploration properties in the Fairbanks district marks Homestake Mining’s (HL-N) first foray into Alaska.The major entered into an agreement in principle with Silverado Mines (G…

Royal Oak Mines (RYO-T) will close the Hope Brook gold mine in southwestern Newfoundland next year and relocate the mill and mine equipment to its Matachewan gold project in Ontario.Hope Brook’s reser…

Based on new results from the Taylor Twp. gold property in northeastern Ontario, St Andrew Goldfields (SAS-T) hopes to double possible reserves in one zone.One of the holes drilled in the West Porphyr…

The Internet’s world-wide web features free mining cost analyses and related data through a service provided by U.S.-based Western Mine Engineering.The new web site is designed to provide data related…