Articles by Northern Miner Staff







Strike set at Holt

At presstime, the existing contract for 140 workers at the Holt-McDermott gold mine in Kirkland Lake, Ont., was about to expire and the United Steelworkers local 6409 was preparing to hold a strike vo…


Majescor cuts narrow kimberlite intercepts

Drilling by Majescor Resources (MAJ-V) on the Wemindji project on the eastern side of James Bay in northern Quebec has intercepted dyke-like intervals of kimberlite in two holes.The junior drilled fiv…


Ashton begins work at Potentilla kimberlite pipe

Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) has begun an exploration program on the Kikerk Lake property in the north Slave Craton region of Nunavut.The program will entail collecting a mini-bulk sample from the …


A bulk-sample pit at the Freightrain kimberlite on Baffin Island. A drill operates in the background.

Lower-grade Freightrain yields gem-quality stones

Mini-bulk kimberlite samples gathered by Twin Mining (TWG-T) from six sites across the surface expression of the Freightrain prospect at the northern tip of Baffin Island have yielded an assortment of…


Pezim back in Corona fold

West-coast entrepreneur Murray Pezim and Galveston Resources have called off their legal action against International Corona Resources, Royex Gold Mining and related companies.At the same time, Pezim …


Inmet, LionOre score WA discoveries

Inmet Mining (INM-T) has discovered a high-grade zinc-copper massive sulphide deposit in the Northeastern Goldfields region of Western Australia, the same area where LionOre Mining International (lim-…


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