American Bullion drills Red Chris
Drilling continues to expand copper-gold reserves at the Red Chris porphyry deposit, south of Dease Lake in northwestern British Columbia. American Bullion Minerals (VSE) holds an 80% interest and Tec…
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New Canamin advances Huckleberry
A positive feasibility study on the Huckleberry porphyry copper deposit in west-central British Columbia marks the culmination of more than two years of work and $6.6 million in expenditures for owner…
Base metal discovery in Labrador
Vancouver-listed Diamond Fields Resources has discovered base metals mineralization containing nickel, copper and cobalt in southern Labrador. The nearest town is Happy Valley-Goose Bay. The mineraliz…
Huancaylla returns wide copper values
The first drill hole on the Huancaylla property in Peru has returned a 380.6-ft. intersection grading 1.13% copper, starting at surface. The hole was abandoned because of lost circulation at 380.6 ft….
Teck to fund Petaquilla study
Vancouver-based Teck (TSE) plans to fund a final feasibility study of the Petaquilla copper deposits in Panama, which were the subject of a preliminary study by Kilborn Engineering. A recent agreement…
Ethiopia seeking mineral investment
After 17 years of socialist rule and an ensuing civil war, the transitional government of Ethiopia is instituting a number of policies aimed at improving the political, social and economic sectors of …
Clarification (November 14, 1994)
In its issue of June 14, 1993, The Northern Miner published an article on the first and second pages under the headline “Gold values elusive at Oregon exploration property.” The article contained refe…
ODDS’N’SODS — Optimism knows no bounds
In 1966, New Senator Mines drilled a wildcat exploratory hole in a churchyard in the beautiful village of Margaretsville on the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia. On the first day that the drill rig was bei…
EDITORIAL PAGE — Base metals in spotlight
Base metals have been the wallflowers of the mining industry for much of the past decade, taking a back seat to gold, and even, for a time, attracting less investor interest than the pursuit of Canadi…
Feasibility study on track for Loma de Hierro
Gold is not the only commodity of interest to mining companies active in Venezuela. Jordex Resources (TSE) recently announced interim results from a feasibility study on its Loma de Hierro nickel late…
THE DIAMOND PAGE — Drill results give boost to Daivik
Partners Kennecott and Aber Resources (TSE) have received good news regarding their Daivik property in the Lac de Gras area of the Northwest Territories. Hole A154-3 returned 376 microdiamonds and 170…
STOCK MARKETS — Interest rate fears drag down TSE
Recent increases in bond yields have kept stock investors on the defensive and worried that interest-bearing investments will draw money out of equity markets. This lack of investor confidence helped …