Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Alcan Aluminum has become the first corporate sponsor of a plan to save the St. Roch, a retired schooner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.The company and the vessel have an extended mutual history…

Toronto geologist David Ross has been selected as the 1998-99 winner of the David Money Memorial Award, presented each year to the top student in the masters mineral exploration program at Queen’s Uni…

A production shortfall has cut deep into the bottom line of Philex Gold (PGI-T).For the three months ended March 31, the junior lost US$2.7 million on revenue of US$11.6 million, compared with earning…

Lower-grade ore and a rebounding Canadian dollar left River Gold Mines (RIV-T) with a small loss in the first quarter of 2000.For the three months ended March 31, River Gold posted a loss of $567,550 …

An 8-hole program of reverse-circulation drilling by Campbell Resources (CCH-T), north of its Santa Gertrudis mine in Sonora state, Mexico, has turned up gold mineralization.Six of the holes drilled o…

The first foray into Canadian exploration by South African giant AngloGold (AU-N) is under way, following closure of the house’s deal with Rubicon Minerals (RMX-V).The deal lets AngloGold earn a 60% i…

Atna Res. — John Purkis appointed vp mining and development.Dia Met — Peter Atkinson appointed interim chairman.General Minerals — Brian Cramm appointed CEO and treasurer.K…

Sand River Resources (SRL-V) has changed its name to Rio Fortuna Exploration (RFT-V) on a 1-new-for-7-old-share basis.

Knowing that humans can think faster than any machine, computer scientists have long wondered if they could ever meld the virtually unlimited informational capacity of biology into the sheer brute pow…

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