Kyle yields small stones
A 48-kg sample of diatreme breccia from the Kyle project in northern Ontario, has surrendered 26 diamonds to partne…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
IFC, IDC funding gives Kolwezi a push
Vancouver — The wheels of mine development turn slowly in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), though Adastra M…
Silvercorp’s Ying richer than thought
Vancouver —
Letter to the editor: McFarland was his name
This letter was prompted by Brian Hester’s “Odds ‘n’ Sods” article (T.N.M., April 22-28). I worked for Yukon Consolidated Gold Corp. (YCGC) in Dawson City from December 1957 to May 1960, and during th…
Committee Bay regains namesake project
Vancouver —
Randgold plans deep drilling at Yalea (May 16, 2005)
The Yalea gold deposit in western Mali appears to be delivering on promises it persists at depth, as owner
Renard stones worth US$88 per carat
A 459-carat parcel of diamonds from the Foxtrot property in north-central Quebec has returned a modelled value of US$88 per carat for
Rough prices buoy Australia’s second diamond miner
Perth, Western Australia — The rise in the stock price of Australian-listed
FNX, Aurora plan Sudbury nuptials
To strengthen its presence in the Sudbury mining camp,
Spanish acquisition would boost Inmet’s copper output
The digital Miner arrives
While some media pundits once boldly claimed that this era’s digital revolution would kill off newspapers, we haven’t yet seen the end of people getting their news by looking at ink on paper….
Goundhog day
All producing mines usually have unique stories associated with their discoveries. Sometimes these stories are truth, sometimes fiction, and sometimes a hybrid of both. Sometimes the stories never eve…