Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Alberta-listed Fairmile Acquisitions has identified several new zones of gold mineralization at the Buffalo Valley mine in northern Nevada. Drilling on the north-south-striking, 2,400-ft.-long Front f…

In Costa Rica, Ariel Resources (VSE) will explore a mile of strike length northeast of the San Rafael zone at its San Martin mine. The zone contains about 4.3 million tons (minable by open-pit methods…

Junior Red Rock Mining (NASDAQ) has acquired the Goldfield project in Nevada and changed its corporate name. Red Rock issued 12 million shares to American Resource (NASDAQ) for the latter’s 50% intere…

In Greenland, exploration has begun on two base metals properties in which Platinova A/S (TSE) holds interests. Two drills have been sent to the northern peninsula of Peary Land to explore the company…

Your editorial “Exodus” (T.N.M., June 6/94) suggests a number of reasons for a decline in exploration in Canada and, to your credit, some potential solutions. My concern is your reference to junior ex…

Environmental concerns will be the focus of the Mining Environmental Management Conference at Reno, Nev., Oct. 16-19. The conference and accompanying exhibition are aimed at executive and technical ma…

Toronto-based Tri Origin Exploration (TSE) has started work on its four Ontario gold projects. A 2,500-metre drill program will be carried out on the Sault project, 90 km north of Sault Ste. Marie. Pr…

The tonnage figure for the Troilus project of Metall Mining (TSE) was incorrectly reported in T.N.M., June 20/94. The correct figure is 54.2 million tons.

A half interest in the Aurora Partnership gold mine enabled Electra Mining Consolidated (VSE) to earn $382,462 (14 cents per share) in the first quarter. This compares with a loss of $42,416 for the s…

CDN-listed Hendricks Minerals Canada can earn a 75% interest in three properties in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The agreement covers gold geochemical and geophysical anomalies in Paleozoic volcanic…

Toronto-based Hardrock Extension (TSE) and a private investor have arranged a private placement of more than 740,000 shares at 20 cents each. Proceeds will be used this summer to explore a property in…

For conventional producers of copper, especially those at the high end of the cost curve, SX-EW is a dirty word. Their antipathy toward the process is well founded because, on average, it is much chea…