Articles by Northern Miner Staff






TSX posts slim gain, Oct. 27-31

It was not a good week for gold companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange, with the U.S. Federal Reserve confirming that its quantitative easing program would end in October. The gold price fell to US$1,170.60 per oz., while a stronger greenback…


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Gold majors lose their shine

The share prices of major gold producers plunged to multi-year lows following actions of the central banks in the U.S. and Japan that  pushed down the gold price and clouded producers’ third-quarter results.




Helicopter pilot Tim Franke (standing) and geologist Bruce Kienlen sample till at Canterra Minerals' diamond project in the Southern Slave region of the Northwest Territories.  Credit: Canterra Minerals

Canterra carves out more ground in diamond country

Randy Turner — the man who guided Winspear Diamonds from the discovery of the Snap Lake diamond deposit in northern Canada to its sale to De Beers for $305 million in 2000 — is back at diamond exploration in the same part of…




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