Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The alluvial diamond mining operations of Hymex Diamond (HMD-V) in the small West African country of Guinea are producing gems at a rate five times higher than a year ago.In June, the company washed 6…

With its yearly gold production about to double, FirstMiss Gold (FRMG-Q) could have enough cash on hand to mount a major exploration campaign in the Getchell trend of north-central Nevada.Analyst Geof…

Geologists, geophysicists and engineers in Nova Scotia have agreed on a mechanism to include geoscientists in the province’s Engineering Act, opening the way for professional registration of geologist…

A consulting firm has raised its estimate of the sea-floor diamond resource of Namco (NMR-T) by almost 8%.Namco is working on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Namibia. The company’s r…

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Brian Bayley and David Rovig appointed directors.

Drill holes at the Jax Lake prospect of Rhonda Mining (RDM-A), 250 km northeast of Yellowknife, N.W.T., have intersected shallow gold mineralization.The three holes, drilled from the same collar in a …

Toronto-based SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) has started processing bulk samples at its plant on the Klipspringer diamond property in South Africa.The company has tested about 750 tonnes of overburden …

Gerald Yakimishyn appointed vice-president of administration.

Chile and Argentina have been rivals for so long that the idea of co-operating on anything seemed remote. But political changes and an economic renaissance have changed this adversarial stance, at lea…

State-owned Zimbabwe Mining Development Corp. (ZMDC) is seeking to back out of its partnership with Guyana Gold (GUY-T) in the Sabi gold mine.The Vancouver-based junior holds a 55% interest in the und…