Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Orders are being taken for the Yellowknife Women Geoscientists 1995 Calendar. Proceeds will go to the Walter Gibbins Memorial Fund, which is used to promote earth science education in the Northwest Te…

Nickel production costs have fallen for three consecutive years and are set to decline further in the period 1995-1997, says British research firm Brook Hunt & Associates. In its publication Nickel In…

In Yellowknife, N.W.T., the trial has begun into the deaths of nine men at the Giant gold mine in September, 1992, following a bomb blast. Charged with nine counts of first-degree murder is Roger Warr…

BHP Minerals has begun reconnaissance drilling and sampling on Diamond Fields Resources’ (TSE) 660-sq.-km marine diamond concession near Luderitz, Namibia. The sampling follows a geophysical survey by…

Registrations are being accepted for the 17th annual Mines and Mineral Symposium of the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM) scheduled for Dec. 5-8 in the Macdonald Block at Queen…

Western markets continue to languish amid a slipping gold price and despite recent price appreciation in base metals. The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index managed to edge up 2.22 points to 836…

Three large gold soil anomalies have been found on the Kaka grid at Canarc Resources’ (TSE) Sara Kreek property in Suriname. The grid covers 11% of the 22,500-hectare property, which was the second-la…

Pentland Firth Holdings (PFO:ASE) has changed its name to Pentland Firth Ventures (PFO:ASE) on a share-for-share basis.

Volatile metal prices have romped upwards over the past few weeks, spurred by strong demand and ever more price speculation. While long-term metals consumption remains positive, some retrenchment in p…

Toronto-listed Jonpol Explorations can earn a half interest in International Tournigan’s (VSE) gold property in Mali, West Africa. Tournigan completed soil and rock chip sampling in 1994 and obtained …

All of Pangea Goldfields’ (TSE) Tanzanian gold projects are either wholly owned or optioned from local companies. Production from the properties is subject to a 3% net smelter return royalty payable t…

Drilling on the Nevin Hill zone at the Butte Highlands property near Butte, Mont., has now tested the deposit over a 1,000-ft. strike length and to a depth of greater than 1,400 ft. Asarco (NYSE) has …