Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Initial results from the Theresa mine project shared equally by Duration Mines and Locator Explorations have been encouraging, the companies say. The 3-compartment shaft, which has been dewatered to a…

The third annual International Tin Symposium organized by Metals & Minerals Publications will take place Nov 31-Dec 1 at London’s Cafe Royal. Title of this year’s gathering is “Tin — A Shining Future…

Please find enclosed a 1,000- share certificate in our junior mining company to go to the new Haileybury School of Mines Endowment Fund. We are not a Noranda, Inco, Teck or Noramco — just new kids on…

Toronto-based Rayrock Yellowknife Resources, has just released a slew of results from drilling at the Bellavista sector of a joint venture gold project in Costa Rica. The program is designed to prove …

If the same people running the huge lead/zinc/ silver/gold mine here had been running this open pit from day one in 1970, chances are it never would have been forced to shut down for four years betwee…

Significant initial results are reported by Kilembe Resources from an exploration program on the Iron Mountain gold project, near Redding, Calif. The company says work to date has included reverse cir…

A $1-million winter underground drilling program has been announced by Red Lake-Sun Valley Resources for its Blaine Cty., Idaho, silver and gold project. The company says funding for the program is be…

All deals are off, Calgary-based Bow Valley Industries says of its plans to buy a stake in Getty Resources. Earlier this month Bow Valley entered into share option agreements with four shareholders of…

About 6,400 ft of drilling has been completed on a 54-claim property held by Golden Zone Developments in Alaska. Of the 18 holes drilled, 13 were in the Golden breccia pipe and five holes tested veins…

A further 25 holes have been drilled in the Lakeview area at Better Resources’ Mt. Washington project near Courtenay, B.C. The vein zone now extends over a north-south length of 900 ft and an east-wes…

Already active in southeastern B.C., Granges Exploration has optioned Cove Energy’s Alpine project near Nelson. The 10,000-acre property has been tied up by a prominent U.S. family for years; but Cove…

With nickel prices rising and expected to rise still further, a British brokerage house says the time could be right for investors to include the shares of a major nickel producer in their portfolio. …