Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A major drill program comprising 58,000 ft in 74 holes has been completed on the Mt Hundere zinc- lead-silver property in the Yukon Territory by partners Hillsborough Resources (TSE) and Curragh Resou…

Bouyant investor interest in base metal stocks helped push the integrated mines index higher to 4081.06 points this week. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s 300 composite index, a wide measure of Canadian s…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold*$361.20–$ 5.60 Silver*$ 5.13–$ 0.10 Platinum*$477.10–$ 8.25 Nickel**$ 5.72+$ 0.07 Lead**$ 0.34+$ 0.02 Copper$ 1.36+$ 0.05 Zinc$ 0.84–$ 0.04 Courtesy of Scotiaba…

The first hole in a drill program under way on Black Hawk Mining’s (TSE) Minago nickel property has intersected encouraging results in a northeast extension to the main zone. The Minago nickel project…

A recent action by Brazil to retain all foreign companies’ remittances of profits and dividends is likely to discourage overseas investors from considering any new projects in that country. The move h…

First-half earnings for Cheni Gold Mines (TSE) were $901,000 or 8 cents per share after extraordinary items. Cash flow during the period was $2.36 million, due largely to Cheni’s Lawyers gold mine in …

Following months of intense political lobbying by concerned citizens groups, Consolidated Professor Mines’ (TSE) Duport gold project at Shoal Lake Ont., has been designated under the Environmental Ass…

Toronto-based South American Goldfields (TSE) has released initial deep auger drill results from its Akaiwong property under option to Homestake Exploration in Guyana. The Akaiwong property comprises …

Deep drilling results from Forsayth NL’s Mt. Gibson gold property in western Australia have persuaded First Toronto Mining Corp. (TSE) to buy the company rather than sell the 30% stake it already hold…

An attempt by Utah-based Gold Standard Inc. to win full ownership rights to the Mercur gold mine from American Barrick Resources (TSE) has taken what may be a significant new turn. Against the objecti…

Encouraging drilling results from the Belleview gold property in Nevada have been reported by Goldteck Mines (TSE). The company says the results indicate the deposit extends a considerable distance to…

With control of over 17 million acres of land covering a portion of Alaska roughly the size of France, Doyon Limited, an Alaskan native regional corporation, is unquestionably the largest single holde…