Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Ontario’s Liberals will have to earn mining’s respect Laws of gravity
“Gouverner, c’est choisir.”– Franois-Gaston duc de Lvis, governor of New France (1759-1760), misattributed to any number of political cliche-artists since.Lvis was right — to govern is to choose …
People (October 13, 2003)
America Mineral Fields — Bernard Pryor and John Bentley appointed directors.Canabrava — Susy Horna appointed corporate secretary.OntZinc — Peter George appointed senior VP of explorati…
Open-pit eyed at Kemess North
Northgate Exploration (NGX-T) reports that its Kemess North gold-copper project in north-central British Columbia contains a resource of 4 million oz., enough for a mine life of 11 years. According to…
McWatters pulls plug at Sigma-Lamaque
McWatters Mining (MWA-T) has ceased mining at its money-losing Sigma-Lamaque open-pit operation in Val d’Or, Que. Milling, however, will continue until all stockpiled ore has been processed.Meanwhile,…
Newmont buys into Southwestern
Vancouver — Newmont Mining (NEM-N) will buy 450,000 shares of Southwestern Resources (SWG-T) at $15 per share for total proceeds of $6.75 million. Newmont has agreed, for 12 months, not to sell the s…
Canyon tables new study
One of the highlights of the report period ended Oct. 6 was the tabling of a prefeasibility study of Colorado-based Canyon Resources’ 10.9-million-oz. McDonald gold project in Montana, which has been …
OGS geologist wins medal
Peter Barnett, a geologist with the Ontario Geological Survey (OGS), has received the 2003 provincial geologist’s medal. The presentation was made during a conference of Canada’s energy and mines mini…
H. Douglas Hume
H. Douglas Hume, founder and chairman of Toronto-based Nuinsco Resources, has died. He was 82.Hume founded Nuinsco with geologist George Archibald, a life-long friend and business partner.The two met …
Midway drills Spring Valley
A reverse-circulation drill program is testing a strong gold prospect at the Spring Valley property in Nevada’s Pershing Cty.Midway Gold (MDW-V) will drill 3,000 metres in order to test a gold-bearing…
Junior exchange follows gold trend (October 13, 2003)
Vancouver — A hiccup in the price of bullion kept Canada’s junior exchange from experiencing another week of impressive gains. The S&P-TSX Venture Exchange composite index closed up one tenth of a po…
New Jackson bodies bear stones (October 13, 2003)
Sampling of three areas of frost boil on Twin Mining’s (TWG-T) recently discovered Jackson Inlet kimberlite bodies has proved fruitful.In all, three samples totalling 50.5 kg yielded 13 diamonds, with…