Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Diamond drilling has outlined a high-grade gold resource at the Fairview property in the southern Okanangan Valley of British Columbia. The 28-hole program, which totalled 12,707 ft., was carried out …

As a part of ongoing restructuring, Freeport- McMoRan Copper & Gold (NYSE) is divesting itself of many of its non-mining assets in Indonesia. In doing so, the Reno-based company hopes to be able to co…

Three senior officers of Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) were granted options in February. According to the Ontario Securities Commission’s OSC Bulletin, senior officer Ian Atkinson was granted 17,500 options …

Alex Bisset elected president.

Cecil Andrus appointed director.

An agreement with the government of Kazakhstan will see Placer Dome (TSE) branch into Central Asia. Placer, through subsidiary Placer Kazakhstan (PK), signed a binding agreement with the Kazakh govern…

An agreement-in-principle sets the stage for a mining company and a contract miner to develop the Peregrino copper-gold project in Chile, as well as other, less advanced projects in that country and P…

Robert Tintsman appointed president and chief executive officer.

Development work is being accelerated now that financing is at hand for the Mount Polley copper-gold project in central British Columbia. Imperial Metals (TSE) reached an agreement with Japan-based Su…

With the merger between Granges (TSE) and Hycroft Resources & Development (TSE) now approved, Yorkton Securities sees upside in the combined company. “Very simply, the merger unites cash on one side w…

The discovery of new reserves below current working levels at the Red Lake gold mine in northwestern Ontario has given the project new life. Owner Goldcorp (TSE) has budgeted $10 million, including $6…

Citing an unsatisfactorily small land position, Kennecott has withdrawn from a joint venture with Hanover Gold (NASDAQ) in southwestern Montana. (An increase in reserves was needed to meet Kennecott’s…