Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Results from the first two holes of a 10,000-metre drill program on Pangea Goldfields’ (TSE) Fenn-Gib property near Matheson, Ont., suggest excellent down-plunge continuity of the West Deformation zon…

The study of kimberlite indicator minerals in weathered kimberlite and unweathered glacial sediments at the C14 and Diamond Lake pipes (Kirkland Lake, Ont.) has revealed several relationships having i…

It is not often that tourists will visit a park, pick up a shovel and pay a small fee for the privilege of digging all day. But that is exactly what happens at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Ark…

The latest assay results from World Wide Minerals’ (TSE) Easter Project in Nevada show that continuity and gold grades are significantly better than those encountered during the previous program. In a…

New Aegis Resources (NAS:VSE) and Nucore Resources (NCR:VSE) have amalgamated to form Norcan Resources (NRE:VSE). New Aegis shareholders will receive one new share for 1.3 old shares; Nucore sharehold…

Base metal markets continued their upward thrust in September as investors bought and bought, ignoring any simultaneous rise in inventories on the London Metal Exchange (LME). Strong physical demand r…

Toronto-listed Waddy Lake Resources has completed test mining and milling programs to determine the continuity and consistency of mineralization at its Komis gold deposit in northern Saskatchewan. The…

Alberta-listed Nebex Resources plans to carry out drilling on three gold properties in Yellowknife, N.W.T., and on two gold and base metal properties in New Brunswick. Near Yellowknife, Lac Minerals (…

While it may not be as heavily promoted as the Kilometre 88 region, Venezuela’s El Callao region, 125 km to the northwest, has attracted its share of exploration companies. This should come as no surp…

State-of-the-art diamond exploration in Canada is currently directed towards a cluster of kimberlite pipes of economic potential discovered at Lac de Gras in the central Slave Province of the Northwes…

Descriptions of 10 pipes in the Russian diamond province of Yakutia follow: Mir The Mir kimberlite pipe was discovered in 1955 by geologists of the Amakinskaya expedition. It was the first primary dep…

Accura Resources (ACR:VSE) has changed its name to CT&T Telecommunications on a share-for-share basis.