Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Trevor Smith shows off "Mineropoly."

‘Mineropoly’ wins Junior Miner contest

Ten-year-old Trevor Smith of Toronto has won this year’s Junior Miner of Ontario award for creating a board game that stresses the use of mined materials in everyday items.Smith took home the $150 top…


South Africa takes action on mine safety

The government of South Africa has stopped black-owned company New Diamond Corp. (NDC) from mining and prospecting at Schmidtsdrift, an alluvial diamond mine in the Northern Cape.The Department of Min…


Imperial Metal's Mount Polley team stands on the newly discovered Northeast zone. From left: Pierre Lebel, chairman; Art Frye, senior mine engineer; Patrick McAndless, VP exploration; Brian Kynoch, president.

Copper exploration heats up in BC

Vancouver — Reminiscent of the 1970s, copper exploration has once again taken centre-stage in the hunt for metals in British Columbia.Sparking the revival are higher prices and a new discovery made b…



Geophysical surveying at the Blue Ice project on Victoria Island.

Blue Ice proves puzzling

After a summer’s drilling on the High Arctic Blue Ice project at Victoria Island, there appear to be more questions than answers for Diamonds North Resources (DDN-V).Both the Carina and newly discover…


Lending Rates (November 24, 2003)

as of 4 pm ET, Nov. 18, 2003(%)Bank of Canada3.00Target overnight rate2.75Canadian Prime4.50U.S. Discount Primary2.00U.S. Fed Funds market rate1.00U.S. Prime4.00LIBOR US$ 3-month1.17LIBOR US$ …


Claude buoyed by higher gold sales

Increased gold and sales and a higher gold price helped Claude Resources (CRJ-T) achieve net earnings of $1 million during the three months ended Sept. 30.The profits translate into 2 per share, and …


LME Warehouse Levels (November 24, 2003)

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Nov. 17 (change from Nov. 10 in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)ChangeAluminium1384225(+1…


Shahuindo suit heads to Lima (November 24, 2003)

Ruling that a lower court judge is legally incompetent, the Supreme Court of Peru has voided a previous decision favouring the plaintiff in a legal battle over the Shahuindo gold property.The Supreme …


Partners advance Tulawaka gold project

Tanzania’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has granted partners Barrick Gold (ABX-T) and Northern Mining Explorations (MDN-T) a special mining licence for the commercial development of the Ea…



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