Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Now that a border dispute between Ecuador and Peru is settled, drilling is expected to begin on the Peruvian Las Lomas porphyry copper-gold property. The US$300,000, first-phase program will be operat…

Exploration activity has led to an 18% increase in reserves and resources at the Lady Lina gold property in Zimbabwe. Antares Mining & Exploration (TSE) reports that proven and probable reserves now s…

Pre-production work began early this year at the Moris heap-leach gold project in Chihuahua state, owner Manhattan Minerals (VSE) reports. The Vancouver-based junior is constructing an open-pit operat…

New reserves have been outlined at the Redstone nickel mine near Timmins, Ont. Owner Black Hawk Mining (TSE) calculated about 154,600 additional tons following a 25-hole drill program designed to test…

Junior Radisson Mining Resources (ME) has completed a 10-hole drill program on the O’Brien gold property in Cadillac Twp., Que. Drilling was concentrated on several veins within the 36E zone. Of 19 in…

Copper and gold are not the only commodities being pursued by North American-based companies in Peru. Cominco Resources International (TSE), soon to be merged with its parent company Cominco (TSE), in…

Alberta-listed Nebex Resources will earn interests in two polymetallic concessions in Albania. The Calgary-based junior chose to work in the European country because of the abundance of natural resour…

For its Nixon Fork gold project in Alaska, Consolidated Nevada Goldfields (TSE) has completed US$1.5 million in bridge financing as a 60-day cash loan from Citibank Australia. The loan will be used pa…

Junior company First Western Minerals (VSE) has acquired a 49% interest in a gold project within the Mazaruni-Potaro district of northern Guyana. The project covers a prospecting licence, known as the…

Record gold production of 318,171 oz. in 1994 generated $33.2 million in operating cash flow for Royal Oak Mines (TSE). Net earnings for the year amounted to $22.1 million on revenue of $162.1 million…

Toronto-based Sikaman Gold Resources (TSE) has concluded negotiations with Cormine S.E.P. to acquire a 100% interest in the Neuquen and Cerro Mayal gold projects in the province of Neuquen, Argentina….

The Metates gold deposit in Mexico’s Durango state hosts a preliminary inventory of more than 200 million tonnes grading 1.2 grams of gold equivalent per tonne. Gold and silver account for about 80% a…