Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Diamond strategy unveiled

A group consisting of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Chamber of Mines, the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada, and the Mining Association of Canada (MAC), has released a document designed to influence public policy on the Canadi…


Study examines larger mine at Las Cristinas

Vancouver — A feasibility study prepared for Crystallex International (KRY-T) suggests the economics of Las Cristinas could be improved by doubling daily throughput to 40,000 tonnes.


Tambo Grande goes to arbitration

Vancouver — Last year was not kind to Manhattan Minerals (MAN-T). The Vancouver-based junior posted a net loss of US$60.7 million, reflecting a US$59.2-million writedown of the stalled Tambo Grande gold-silver-copper-zinc-lead…





Beaufield climbs on Rouleau results (May 17, 2004)

Nepean, Ont.-based Beaufield Consolidated Resources (BFD-V) has released encouraging initial results from drilling at its Rouleau gold property, 120 km east of Lebel-sur-Quevillon in northwestern Quebec.


Photo by James WhyteA view of Inmet Mining's Troilus open-pit gold mine near Chibougamau, Que.

Aur, Inmet reach merger deal (May 17, 2004)

A merger-of-equals deal struck at the beginning of May will see Aur Resources (AUR-T) and Inmet Mining (IMN-T) join to form a single company with significant assets in the copper mining business.


Consultant David Fortin (left) and Virginia Gold Mines' senior geologist, Michel Chapdelaine, at the Dom polymetallic showing during an exploration program in northern Quebec last fall.

Virginia makes VMS find in Quebec

Long a favourite among newsletter writers and retail-oriented mining analysts, Virginia Gold Mines (VIA-T) has been rewarded with several promising discoveries following aggressive exploration work in northern Quebec.



Flow-through shares: a history

The recent success of so-called “flow-through” shares may make them seem like a new idea in Canada but this financing device found its way into the business lexicon here roughly 50 years ago with company-to-company “flow-through” shares. It took a…


New interest in platinum and palladium

Confirmation of the increased interest in platinum and palladium has arrived in the form of the first annual survey by Gold Fields Mineral Services (GFMS), previously known for its work in gold and silver. This follows the entrance of fellow-consu…


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