Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Drill results from the Island zone on the Fer property in northern Manitoba suggest the gold-copper mineralization continues at depth. Canmine Resources (ASE) reports that a 2.9-metre section from hol…

Junior Exploration Mirandor (ME) has arranged a $150,000 private placement. The funds, which consist of common shares priced at 20 cents each and one warrant per share valued at 26 cents, will be used…

VSE-listed Norcan Resources has announced a private placement of 500,000 units at 60 cents each. A unit consists of one share and one warrant that entitles the holder to buy one additional share for 6…

Montreal-listed Globex Mining has opted to acquire two gold properties in the western U.S. As consideration, Globex granted a net smelter return on each property payable if the gold price rises above …

Mine-finding is perhaps the most difficult and financially hazardous task undertaken in the industrial world. Success requires supreme dedication or phenomenal luck, or some part of both. Few people u…

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Toronto-based TVX Gold (TSE) has acquired a 90.5% equity interest in a Czech company which holds the Kasperske Hory gold property. Situated 160 km southwest of Prague in the Czech Republic, the proper…

A feasibility study on the Oracle Ridge copper mine, near San Manuel, Ariz., calls for current output to be doubled. Southern Copper (VSE) mines and processes 1,000 tons per day from the underground o…

Robert Kane appointed vice-president and director of international exploration; Londell Faught appointed vice-president and chief financial officer; and Edward Mihelich appointed vice-president and ch…

Drilling is under way at the Camsell Lake project in the Northwest Territories, with the first 1,000-ft. hole now half-completed. The hole was collared in kimberlite at a 45 angle and reportedly is st…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $392.15 – $5.35 Silver* $5.60 – $0.10 Platinum* $417.50 – $1.90 Nickel** $2.90 – $0.02 Lead** $0.29 + $0.01 Copper $1.14 – $0.02 Zinc $0.47 + $0.01 Courtesy of Scotiaban…