Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Shareholders of Barrick Gold (ABX-T) come to their annual meeting for more than the usual spiel about profits, projects and strategies for growth. They come for the religion — the gospel according to…

After gaining 61 in a single day to close at $2.04 on the trading of almost 2 million shares, International Wayside Gold Mines (IWA-V) was slapped with a cease-trade order on the morning of May 11 pe…

Over the past several weeks, The Northern Miner has run several columns critical of the federal government’s efforts to bring forward legislation for protecting species at risk [see T.N.M., Feb. 28-Ma…

A production shortfall at its Lac des les mine, near Thunder Bay, Ont., contributed to a net loss in 1999 for North American Palladium (PDL-T).The loss amounted to $5.2 million on revenue of $44.6 mi…

As well as evaluate the potential of claims near the Edwards gold mine in southern Ontario, VenCan Gold (VCG-M) plans to explore newly acquired mineral projects in New Brunswick and Quebec.The Toronto…

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Canada’s fledgling diamond industry took another step forward with the release of a bankable feasibility study for the Diavik project in the Lac de Gras region of the Northwest Territories.The study s…

Higher prices and a slight increase in the size of recovered diamonds helped Namibian Minerals (NMR-T) combat lower production in the first quarter of 2000.The company posted earnings of US$2.2 millio…

Ashton Mining of Canada (ACA-T) has discovered a new kimberlite at its 53.3%-owned Roundrock property, 200 km north of Yellowknife, N.W.T.The Cygnus pipe appears to represent a flat-lying, sill-like b…

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