Articles by Northern Miner Staff
NAP aims to thaw Arctic Platinum project
Full Metal Minerals blazing trail in Alaska
Largest mineral landholder in the state…
Minto aims to become ‘Yukon’s next mine’
Whitehorse, Yukon — The Minto copper-gold project 240 km northwest of this capital city almost made it to production in the late 1990s, with US$10 million spent before construction was suspended beca…
PEOPLE (November 01, 2005)
Century cuts gold at Lamaque Far North
A drilling campaign to assess targets on the Lamaque property in Val d’Or, Que., has indicated gold mineralization on both the Main Plug and West Plug intrusive bodies….
Moto-ring through political upheaval (November 01, 2005)
When it comes to
Bema’s Kupol on fast-track for 2008
London, U.K. — The inhabitants of Chukotka’s frozen tundra must think they’re the luckiest people in the world. Billionaire Roman Abramovich — the oil mogul best known in the U.K. for lavishing mill…
Tethyan returns Reko Diq to drawing board
Despite favourable new drill results,
Taking on PBS and the New York Times
The Public Broadcast System’s Frontline special on “The Curse of Inca Gold,” which aired on Oct. 25, 2005, and the accompanying New York Times investigative series, has put the gold mining industry un…
WGC Chairman Lassonde seeking new friends Can’t they all just get along?
The old joke about being a Protestant is that when last week’s sermon isn’t sitting well with you, you know it’s time to go off and start your own church….
Phelps Dodge rewards shareholders with dividends
Vancouver By the end of 2006, Phelps Dodge (PD-N) plans to return US$1.5 billion of its recent profits to shareho…