Articles by Northern Miner Staff

NovaGold Resources (TSE) has staked 16 claims near Benjamin River and optioned 12 claims near Nash Creek. Both properties are about 60 km northwest of Bathurs t, N.B. On the Benjamin River property,…

The gold mines of Cambior Inc. (TSE) are concentrated in Quebec’s north0000,0060 west, but future production may soon include ou tput from op erations throughout North America and even South America. …

A 5,000-ft diamond drilling program is scheduled to get under way this month on Bitech Corp.’s (ASE) Betts Cove property on the Baie Verte Peninsula in Newfou ndland. Situated about two miles southwe…

Corona Corp. (TSE) has dropped its option on Claude Resources’ (TSE) Sturgeon Lake diamond property near Prince Albert, Sask. The termination of the option ag reement, which Claude says was unexpected…

Politics caught up with the Quebec Prospectors Association (QPA) at the mining group’s 15th annual convention. With Quebec voters going to the polls Sept 25, QPA directors invited representatives from…

ARCO, Idaho — The official opening of the Champagne mine 20 miles west of this town was celebrated in a fashion that would have amused the prospe ctor who mad e a discovery on the property over a cen…

Northfield Minerals (ASE) and Dynatec International have completed the first part of an agreement which should see Dynatec acquiring 5.3 million sha res of Nor thfield at 45 cents per share. Dynatec …

Perrex Resources (ASE) has signed a letter of intent with NIM and Co, a flow-through fund, for a $500,000 private placement of Perrex shares. T he money will b e used to fund exploration on Perrex’s I…

The latest drill holes to be released from the Louvicourt Twp. massive sulphide discovery east of Val d’Or, Que., indicate that the deposit is opening down pl unge and in an easterly direction. That i…

Assay results were released by McNellen Resources (VSE) for the first three holes drilled on its Mount Foley copper-silver-gold project east of C hilliwack, B.C. The first hole returned 15.2 ft of 0….

London-based RTZ Corp. and British Petroleum have agreed to terminate agreements relating to the proposed assignment to RTZ of BP’s 49% inter est in the Olympi c Dam copper/uranium mine in South Austr…

Initial results of a final feasibility study indicate that at least $4.5 million would be required to re-open the former Goldlund mine owned by Camreco Inc. ( TSE) in northwestern Ontario. The past-pr…