Articles by Northern Miner Staff

As the domestic diamond scene matures, more and more Canadian juniors are moving offshore. One of the most popular hunting grounds is Africa, which for most of this century has supplied the vast major…

The “NWT Diamonds” project has come a long way since Charles Fipke and Stewart Blusson began looking for diamonds in North America in the early 1980s. At the outset, many regarded the initiative as do…

As the persistent pace of diamond exploration in the Northwest Territories testifies, the race for placing the first Canadian diamond mine into production is far from over. Still greater evidence is t…

Malcolm Slack appointed director.

James Tilsley appointed director.

Ross Blusson appointed director.

Despite recent disappointing results from exploration in the Northwest Territories, companies are quietly continuing to explore other areas of the country. Four areas of note within Ontario and Quebec…

Noranda (TSE) intends to redeem all of its outstanding Series B fixed/floating-rate, cumulative, redeemable, retractable, convertible preferred shares on Oct. 15 at $26 per share. Holders may either r…

Acting on a geological technical report of a granite prospect in northeastern Alberta, Rich Capital (VSE) has begun on-site operations and is extracting block stone destined for locations in Canada an…

CDN-listed Romfield Building has opted to acquire four claims in Tudor Twp., 90 km northeast of Peterborough, Ont. The company has staked an additional 22 claims adjacent to those optioned. Romfield w…

John Fitzpatrick appointed director.

Peter Munk appointed chairman and director; Robert Smith, Howard Beck, C. Birchall, Gregory Wilkins, Andrew Sarlos, Randall Oliphant and Patrick Garver appointed directors.