Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Drilling is under way on Project 61, about 7 km southwest of the Voisey Bay discovery in Labrador.Two separate drill targets have been identified on the project, a joint venture between NDT Ventures (…

Rennie Blair appointed director, president and chief executive officer.

Under a joint-venture agreement, JCI of South Africa will carry out a 2-year exploration program on the Forest Reef property of Patrician Gold Mines (ASE).Situated near Lake Victoria in northwestern T…

Jack Kendrick appointed to the board of directors.

A $7-million joint exploration agreement has been reached between private mining firm Billiton Metals Canada and the Quebec Crown corporation Soquem.The agreement, with an initial term of four years, …

As equal partners in the Midas joint venture, Franco-Nevada (TSE) and Euro-Nevada (TSE) plan to step up the pace of exploration on a Nevada land package which, although barely explored, already hosts …

Junior Exploration Brex (ME) has raised more than $2.5 million in a private placement of 7 million special warrants priced at 36 cents each.Most of the funds will be used to explore a property in Neva…

Several widely used industrial metals and substances were recently declared toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), and virtually every mining, manufacturing and service sector t…

The Mining Research Directorate, based in Sudbury, Ont., is investigating the feasibility of developing a device that will aid in the location of miners who become trapped or go missing underground.A …

Recent drilling, designed to evaluate showings defined by surface prospecting at the Eagle River property near Wawa, Ont., has identified a potentially significant, new gold zone.River Gold Mines (TSE…