Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Ecuadorian firms up Gaby and Cerro Pelado deposits

Ecuadorian Minerals (EMC-T) has completed a 47-hole program of infill drilling on the Gaby gold property in Ecuador.The 11,717-metre program, part of a prefeasibility study, tested a large gold geoche…


Auspex steps up work in Portugal

Auspex Minerals (APJ-V) has begun drill-testing the Sao Martinho portion of its Portalegre gold property in east-central Portugal.The initial target of the 70-metre program is the trenched zone that r…


Ashanti signs Shamrock deal

Shareholders of Australian-based Golden Shamrock Mines (GSX-T) have approved its acquisition by Ghana-based Ashanti Goldfields (ASL-N).Approval from the Supreme Court of Victoria in Australia was expe…




Junior companies join up in Cuba

Juniors MacDonald Mines Exploration (MMP.A-A) and Golden Hill Mining (GHMC-C) are merging their respective interests in the Golden Hill epithermal gold property in east-central Cuba.In return for Gold…


Values keep Black Swan hopeful

Drilling by Black Swan Gold Mines (BSW-T) at its Cata Preta gold prospect in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state, continues to return encouraging values.Trending in a northeast-to-southwestly direction over a…


World Wide to take helm of Tselinny uranium project

Following a 5-month due diligence review, World Wide Minerals (WWS-T) has decided to assume management of the Tselinny uranium operations in north-central Kazakhstan.Under an agreement with Tselinny, …


Misty sizing up Specogna gold deposit

On British Columbia’s Queen Charlotte Islands, Misty Mountain Gold (MGL-T) is drilling off its Specogna epithermal gold deposit in an attempt to amass sufficient data to calculate minable reserves.Dis…


COMMENTARY — Reducing diesel exhaust

The Canadian ad hoc Diesel Committee deals with issues pertaining to diesel exhaust exposure and control in mining.A major topic of discussion is the addition by the American Conference of Governmenta…


East West looks to Guyana, Asia

Vancouver-based East West Resource (EWR-V) has signed a letter of intent to acquire interests in three concessions in Guyana and a gold deposit in Kyrghyzstan.The vendor is Nelson Bunker Hunt of Dalla…


Conference to address mine diesel exhaust

The Diesel Emissions Evaluation Program (DEEP) Conference will be held Nov.6-7 at the Delta Chelsea Inn in downtown Toronto.To be hosted jointly by Diesel Controls Ltd. and Rhne-Poulenc, the conferenc…


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