Articles by Northern Miner Staff





PDAC endorses new flow-through initiative

The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) board of directors is endorsing an initiative to make Qualified Environmental Trust (QET) contributions that are applied to the reclamation …




U.S. Markets July 24-30

The trading period July 24-30 saw United States equity markets take a battering. The sell-off was sparked by adverse economic news, although the market appears to have been primed for a fall. In fact,…


TSX Venture Exchange July 24-30

In unison with other major markets, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index dropped 4.3% over the July 24-30 trading session to close down 142.8 points at 3,179.96. Average daily trading volumes were …


BY VIVIAN DANIELSONMetallurgist Jerry Alo, John Felderhof, project manager Michael De Guzman, and geologist Cesar Puspos at the Busang gold project in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, in 1996.

Felderhof acquitted

The former vice-president of exploration at Bre-X Minerals, John Felderhof, has been acquitted of four charges of insider trading and four of misleading disclosure in connection with the 1997 Busang s…


BY ANTHONY VACCAROAt Mines Management's Montanore silver project in Montana, a welder works to repair 4,270-metre adit, which was originally built by Noranda almost 20 years ago. Noranda eventually abandoned Montanore due to falling silver prices.

Seeking silver in Big Sky Country

SITE VISIT Libby, Montana — Tall pines blanket the Cabinet Mountains here in northwestern Montana, an area held up as some of the region’s most spectacular wilderness. It is home…



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