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…


Assembled, left to right, at the joint-venture signing in Montreal are: Paul Papigatuk, president of Nuvumiut Development; Wallace Bradley, president of Bradley Bros.; Gary Potts, chief geologist for Socit Minire Raglan du Qubec; Arthur Murdy, general manager of Bradley Bros.; and Terry Mallinson, senior geologist with Falconbridge.

Bradley, Nuvumiut sign JV

Nuvamiut Development, an Inuit-run business in northern Quebec, has signed a joint-venture deal with Bradley Bros. to carry out surface and underground drilling over three years at the Raglan nickel m…


PEOPLE (April 01, 2002)

Alcan — Yves Fortier appointed vice-chairman and director.Dofasco — John Mayberry appointed chairman and CEO; Brian MacNeill appointed lead director.Gold Canyon — Samuel Nunnemaker app…


Partners eye Sabara production (April 01, 2002)

Brazilian Resources (YBZ-V) and its operating partner, IMS Empreendimentos, are preparing to mine the former’s wholly owned Sabara gold deposit in the country’s Iron Quadrangle district.The open-pit o…


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 …


East wins Keevil hockey match

The eastern Prospectors All-Stars beat the western Miner Selects 18-14 in the Norm Keevil Memorial Hockey Game, held during the annual convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada….


Sherwood does Hope Bay diamond deal

Sherwood Mining (SWD-V) has inked a letter of intent with Miramar Mining (MAE-T) and Hope Bay Gold (HGC-T) to earn up to a 70% interest in any diamondiferous bodies discovered on the 80-km-long…


Producer and Dealer Prices (April 01, 2002)

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$1,250/t.Bismuth: Mid-mkt US$3.20/lb.Cadmium: Mid-mkt US$0.27/lb.Chromium: Mid-mkt ores US$65.00/t.Cobalt: Recent trades US$6.40-6.90/lb.Copper: Comex May US$0.7455/lb.Indium: Indi…


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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