Articles by Northern Miner Staff

For many Americans, Latin America is still an economic backwater plagued by widespread poverty, runaway inflation and huge public debt. Yet to a large extent this image is out of step with reality. Am…

Vancouver-based Crystallex International (VSE) reported the commencement this month of gold production at its Albino open-pit mine in Venezuela. Albino is Crystallex’s first producing property. Output…

Continued support for the uranium industry depends on the public’s belief that the sector is committed to strict environmental protection standards, Saskatchewan’s environment minister said recently i…

The discovery of diamonds on the west coast of southern Africa inevitably led to a search for their origin in the immediate hinterland. Only one reputable geologist — ironically the highly respected …

Despite the recent disappointing results from Vengold’s (TSE) Oro Uno property in eastern Venezuela, Placer Dome (TSE) remains confident about the region and quietly continues work on its Las Cristina…

Venezuela became one of the world’s major gold producers when stamp milling was introduced late in the last century in the El Callao area, a small portion of an extensive greenstone belt located in Ve…

Montreal-based Cambior (TSE) has been the driving force behind getting the Omai gold mine in Guyana on stream. Omai, owned 65% by Cambior, 30% by Denver-based Golden Star Resources (TSE) and 5% by the…

Interest in tropically weathered terrains has grown considerably in the past few years, especially on the part of North American mineral exploration companies. This increasing interest has come about …

Toronto-based Minera Rayrock (TSE) is the latest Canadian company to produce copper in Chile. The Ivan mine, 40 km northeast of Antofagasta, is operating at about 50% capacity and is expected to reach…

The discovery of potentially economic kimberlite pipes in Canada’s North is being taken seriously by the world’s largest diamond organization, De Beers Consolidated Mines, and its marketing arm, the C…

From 1906 to 1943, this state was the world’s largest supplier of commercial-grade sapphires. Now, some 50 years later, with the commissioning of its first sapphire processing plant, American Gem (TSE…

Toronto-listed Moneta Porcupine Mines (TSE) has bought Wounded Bull Resources from Australian-based Pima Mining. Moneta has issued 2 million shares as part of a 2-staged payment to be completed no lat…