Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The federal government of Canada has announced proposed changes to the income-tax treatment of producers of ammonite gemstones.The changes, which were proposed by Natural Resources Minister Anne McCle…

The Grandola joint venture has initiated drilling on the first of four planned holes in a program aimed at testing the central axis of the 3,000-metre-long Porto de Mel gravity anomaly on the Grandola…

Gold Canyon Resources (GCU-V) has resumed trading on the Vancouver Stock Exchange, having cleared up the confusion over assay results from its Springpole gold project in northwestern Ontario.Trading w…

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A decline driven into the A-418 pipe at the Diavik diamond project in the Lac de Gras area of the Northwest Territories has encountered kimberlite much sooner than anticipated.The 529-metre-long decli…

Juergen Preuss appointed director.

To complete financing of the Nugget Pond gold mine, Richmont Mines (RIC-T) has arranged a $12-million loan and a $2-million line of credit with the National Bank of Canada.The financing will provide s…

Although drill results from the Copper Prince property of Rainbow Petroleum (RBP-A) are less than satisfactory, the company believes things will improve at depth.Rainbow is drill-testing a major shear…

T. Magee appointed president.

A consortium led by Teck (TEK-T) was unable to reach an agreement with the government of Kazakhstan on development of that country’s Vasilkovskoye gold deposit.Teck and its partners, First Dynasty Min…

Despite lingering controversy over the right of Consolidated Eurocan Ventures (KEU-T) to develop a giant copper-cobalt resource in Zaire, the junior is proceeding with financing for the project.To rai…

The Fraser Institute will host a conference on mining in British Columbia, to be held Oct. 22 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver.Entitled “Mining in B.C. — Eliminating Uncertainty and Encouragin…