Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Semi-monthly reports as of Jun 30, 1994 showed 249,548,306 shares of 870 issues compared with 248,555,294 shares of 866 issues on Jun 15, 1994. Larger individual positions included: Aber 51,200, down …

Although the junior has expressed encouragement over drill results from its Venezuelan properties, shares of Vengold (TSE) took a tumble, dropping $2.25 to close at $5.50, following news of the result…

A week and a half after Royal Oak Mines (TSE) made its widely publicized, hostile takeover bid, the management of Lac Minerals (TSE) has responded with a scathing critique of the offer. Speaking at a …

Underground test mining is returning both revenue and positive results from the company’s Siwash North gold deposit in southern British Columbia. Owner Fairfield Minerals (TSE) recently sold more than…

A second stage of prefeasibility drilling is under way on the Gaby joint venture in Ecuador. Ecuadorian Minerals (ASE) is earning a 35% interest in any oxide resource outlined and a half interest in a…

Five new holes drilled at MSV Resources’ (ME) Cedar Bay mine have encountered significant gold and copper values. The holes were drilled between the 3,000 and 3,300 levels toward the Cedar Bay mine fr…

Additional funds are now in hand for continued exploration of La Fortuna, a gold-copper property in Mexico’s Durango state. Owner San Fernando Mining (VSE) has completed a private placement of 1.9 mil…

Based on drilling and trenching results, Bolivar Goldfields (VSE) estimates an initial resource of 700,000 oz. gold for its Tomi concession in Venezuela’s Bolivar state. Most of this is contained in h…

Shares of Manhattan Minerals have begun trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The company has received approval for its final prospectus, along with funds from the financing previously held in escrow…

Trenching at the Barite zone on Joutel Resources’ (TSE) Sierra Maestra concession in Cuba has yielded encouraging gold values. Recent sampling returned values of 0.053 oz. per ton across 131 ft. in Tr…

In the past two decades, Peter Allen has taken his father’s collection of small mining companies and turned them into a single, big-league gold player. And now Royal Oak Mines (TSE) — a company barel…

Exploration and underground development have led to a significant increase in reserves at Antares Mining’s (TSE) Lady Lina gold project in Zimbabwe. Since Jan. 31, probable reserves and indicated reso…