Articles by Northern Miner Staff




MONGOLIA-PICTURES.COMIvanhoe Mines's new CEO, John Macken, is introduced at a recent press conference in Mongolia. Ivanhoe holds the most coveted mining property in the country, the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold bulk-tonnage project.

Mongolian president says yes to tax

Vancouver — Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar has opted for the populist course and declined to veto the recently tabled windfall profits tax aimed at copper and gold producers in the central As…


Yellowhead to drill Harper Creek

Vancouver — Along with a proposed financing to raise up to $10 million and become a publicly traded company later this year, Yellowhead Mining is planning a spring exploration program at its newly ac…



Editorial: Sullivan tragedy grips Kootenays

Asphyxia’s gentle death has haunted miners since the first tunnel was dug deep into a mountainside thousands of years ago, and it continues to endanger lives to this day, usually in the primitive arti…


Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (June 05, 2006)

Fund name May 29($) May 19($) Change($) Change(%) YTD(%) MER*(%) Assets*(M$)
AGF Pr Mtl 22.23 21…


Nautilus samples deep-sea deposits (June 05, 2006)

Vancouver — Ocean-floor explorer Nautilus Minerals (NUS-V, NUSMF-O) has returned high-grade copper-gold values from drilling and sampling of a seabed sulphide zone at its Solwara 1 project off the co…



INCO/CMJFednav's MV Arctic uses on-board technology to measure the thickness of the ice in Anaktalak Bay where the Voisey's Bay port facility is located. The port can accommodate up to six supply ships and concentrate carriers per month.

Voisey’s Bay delivers the goods

Notwithstanding Inco’s (N-T, N-N) bid for Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N) and the subsequent unsolicited takeover offer launch by Teck Cominco (TEK.SV.B-T, TCKBF-O), the big story this past year for In…



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