Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Junior explorer Arequipa Resources (VSE) has formed a joint venture with a major mining company. That company, Asarco (NYSE), can earn up to a 60% interest in nine newly formed Peruvian companies, eac…

An independent legal survey of the North 1 claim, owned by Ecstall Mining (VSE), will be carried out this summer. Measuring 300 by 2,000 ft., the property is in the vicinity of drilling being carried …

A third round of drilling on the Choco-6 gold property in Venezuela has intercepted high-grade gold mineralization for Vancouver-based junior Consolidated Gold Vessel (VSE). Six holes were drilled on …

A gold loan, amounting to 47,731 oz., has been granted to Nixon Fork Mining, subsidiary of Consolidated Nevada Goldfields (TSE), for its new Alaskan mine. The 27-month loan has a dollar value of US$18…

Assays from geochemical and trenching programs on the Diapaga property in Burkina Faso are being welcomed by Geomaque Explorations (TSE). The geochemical work succeeded in identifying a copper soil an…

Junior Atna Resources (VSE) has expanded its presence in the Yukon. Having staked an additional 114 claims in the area of its Foot, Pak and Toe properties, the Vancouver-based company now holds 594 cl…

Surface work on the Itetemia gold project in Tanzania is outlining an extensive, pyrite-rich gossan. Tan Range Exploration (ASE), which is earning a 90% interest in the property, reports that soil sam…

Vancouver-based Carson Gold (VSE) is making its presence known in southern China. The junior acquired 2 million shares of Yunnan Mining, a private company which holds interests in, and exploration and…

The French subsidiary of Golden Star Resources (TSE) has decided not to buy the Esperance gold property in the northwestern part of French Guiana. Guyanor Ressources had an option agreement with curre…

Spokane-based Gold Reserve (TSE) plans to acquire the Brisas concession in the Kilometre 88 region of Venezuela. Until now, the company has held a 75% direct and a 16% indirect interest in the propert…

Red tape is tying up Loki Gold (TSE) as it endeavors to begin construction at the Brewery Creek open-pit project in the Yukon. The deposit hosts a diluted minable reserve of 16.7 million tonnes gradin…

The indicated and inferred resource in three zones at the Tomi concession in Venezuela’s El Callao region is now believed to exceed 2.7 million tonnes grading 5.42 grams gold per tonne. Bolivar Goldfi…