Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Recent drilling has intersected a new low-grade copper zone, the South zone, on the MacLeod Lake property north of Chibougamau, Que. Extending over a strike length of 500 metres, the South zone dips s…

Toronto-based Highwood Resources (TSE) is acquiring from Nanisivik Mines the right to earn a 25% interest in a copper exploration project in the High Arctic. The project is on Victoria Island and is b…

Toronto-based Bitech (ASE) has signed a letter of intent to purchase a 50% interest in Red Rock Mining, a private American company, for $800,000. Red Rock owns or has interests in 11,016 acres of heap…

Fears that Elliot Lake, Ont., will soon become a ghost town were heightened recently after Denison Mines (TSE) announced that it is laying off 400 employees this summer and reducing production at its …

The two partners in the SB gold-silver project northwest of Stewart, B.C., say they will proceed to production with the property, subject to regulatory approval. Westmin Resources (TSE) is earning a 5…

Results from one of two studies to be released from the project of VSM Exploration (TSE) and Serem-Quebec at Grevet Twp. make underground exploration and future development almost inevitable, says VSM…

A formal offer will be mailed shortly to Canadian shareholders of QPX Minerals (TSE) providing more details of a recent offer by Rea Gold (TSE) to acquire all their QPX shares in exchange for common s…

rilling by Deak Resources (TSE) on the company’s Magusi base metal property in northern Quebec has cut 62 ft. of massive sulphide mineralization 325 ft. up dip from the discovery hole drilled in Febru…

Calculations completed by an independent consultant indicate that the Moss Lake property, 50 miles west of Thunder Bay, Ont., contains probable and possible reserves of 82.2 million tons grading 0.031…

Three Australian prospectors have been charged with fraud after they persuaded Noranda (TSE) to buy a stake in a salted gold prospect near Karpa Spring in Western Australia. The three men were charged…

The trough of a recession may not be the best time to reflect on what difficult measures are reMDNMquired to strengthen our economy, but tough times demand tough decisions. Efforts to reduce the MDSOM…

A portion of the crown pillar at Hope Brook Gold’s (TSE) underground mine on the southwest coast of Newfoundland collapsed recently, but the company reported no injuries at the site. As a result of th…