Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The Ontario government has made six amendments to the Ontario Mining Act, which Mines Minister Gilles Pouliot says will make the legislation fairer, clearer and more effective. The six changes involve…

Richard Hutchinson appointed director.

R. Hutchinson and Hugh Snyder appointed directors.

James Carter appointed executive vice-president.

Partners Sage Resources (VSE) and Australian-based Striker Resources have received encouraging results from their Beta Creek diamond project in Western Australia. The following are highlights of the 1…

Fears that the U.S. economy may be headed for a significant downturn sent cyclical resource stocks into a tailspin, causing the TSE to post a loss during the 5-day report period ended Jan. 31. The com…

The pool keeps getting deeper and deeper as western markets attempt to quantify the “bottom” in the term “bottom fishing.” The Vancouver Stock Exchange resource index plunged more than 62 points to cl…

BGR Central Net Value $16.47 $6.62 Price $13.13 $6.625 Discount 20.30% Premium 0.1% Value $129,253,000 $119,907,863…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $376.25 – $5.45 Silver* $4.68 – $0.13 Platinum* $415.50 – $2.40 Nickel** $4.38 – $0.30 Lead** $0.29 – $0.02 Copper $1.33 – $0.06 Zinc $0.51 – $0.03 Courtesy of Scotiaban…

Following a 1-new-for 5-old-share consolidation and a name change, Quebec Explorers has been re-listed as QEX Resources (CDN). QEX holds interests in six properties, three of which have a mineral inve…

Castle Minerals (CTN:VSE) has changed its name to Castle Rock Exploration (CTP:VSE) on a 1-new-for-2-old-share basis.

During the past year, one of the foreign regions most attractive to Canadian miners has been West Africa. Senior and junior companies alike have been lured to the area by the prospect of discovering r…