Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Queenston intensifies work in Ontario and Quebec

With three drills turning on its projects in northeastern Ontario and northwestern Quebec, this winter is shaping up to be a busy one for Queenston Mining (QMI-T).The company recently completed a 6-ho…


Small is beautiful for Avalon

A new scoping study of Avalon Ventures’ (AVL-V) Separation Rapids lithium-silicate project in northwestern Ontario recommends construction of a mill only half as big as previously planned.The updated …


Kirkland suspends Macassa (March 10, 2003)

The failure of a pillar between an ore pass and shaft 3 has forced Kirkland Lake Gold (KGI-V) to suspend production at the Macassa mine, west of Kirkland Lake, Ont.A seismic event caused damage to a 6…


Northair picks up Mexican property

Beating the bushes for projects in Durango state, Mexico, International Northair Mines (INM-V) has tied up six exploration concessions covering 10 sq. km and seven gold-silver showings.The new land pa…


Peeking under the covers

Geologists Down Under devise ways to penetrate overburdenAustralia is peeling back the layer of overburden that obscures most of the continent to find ore deposits previously hidden to exploration geo…


Canadian Royalties hits new zone (March 10, 2003)

Vancouver — The economic promise of the Expo-Ungava nickel-copper-platinum-palladium property got a shot in the arm following operator Canadian Royalties’ (CZZ-V) discovery of yet another high-grade …


Hansa takes over Rhonda claims

Thoroughly occupied by the Northwest Territories diamond hunt, Calgary-based Rhonda Corporation (RDM-V) has spun off its holdings in the Courageous Lake gold belt, north of Yellowknife, to affiliate H…


Exploration heats up in SW New Brunswick

Despite a slump in base metal exploration, 2002 proved to be a banner year for precious metals in New Brunswick. It was gold’s turn to shine as exploration efforts turned up widespread occurrences in …


Opawica finds high-grade in Brazil

Toronto-based Opawica Explorations (OPW-T) has received positive results from the first phase of due diligence at the Bom Jardim gold property in the Tapajos district of Para state in north-central Br…


Barron’s mugs Royal Gold

An exceedingly negative story about Royal Gold in the March 1 edition of Barron’s knocked a painful $6 off the gold royalty company’s shares, which dipped below US$14 before recovering to US$15.46 at …



Doyon hoist needs repairs

A breakdown of the production hoist at Cambior’s (CBJ-T) Doyon mine, 40 km east of Rouyn-Noranda, Que., may result in layoffs during an estimated 2-6 weeks of repairs.At presstime, the company was dis…


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