Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The Fraser Institute of Vancouver is expecting about 700 entries this year for its “economy in government” competition. Prizes worth a total of $40,000 will be awarded to the best proposals for improv…

“On the ocean floor there are mines of zinc, iron, lead, silver and gold that would be easy to exploit.” This quotation from one of Jules Verne’s visionary novels may seem far-fetched. However, resear…

Six major projects — Midwest, McClean Lake, Cluff Lake (Dominique-Janine), McArthur River, Cigar Lake and Eagle Point — are at various stages of development in Saskatchewan. The prairie province rem…

If one were to ask people on the street what they associate with the United Nations, the answer would probably be relief work in Somalia or peace-keeping in Bosnia, rather than mineral exploration in …

New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland will jointly host the Atlantic Canada Rock Room at this year’s convention of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC). The Rock Room will…

Gerald Carlson appointed director.

The Quartz Mountain project has been put on hold because of technical and permitting problems, compounded by a lower gold price than expected. The project, in southern Oregon, is owned 50-50 by Toront…

Exploration and development have resulted in increased reserves at the Kerr mine in northeastern Ontario. Past estimates of 2.2 million tons at 0.124 oz. gold per ton have been augmented by 459,000 to…

Junior Greater Lenora Resources (TSE) has cancelled plans to explore 237 sq. km near Aden, the capital of South Yemen. Instead, it has obtained an exploration licence for 73 sq. km in the west-central…

Development will soon begin on the Mariquita copper deposit in northwestern Mexico. A Mexican company held 49% by Cominco Resources International (TSE) and 51% by Empresas Frisco will acquire the depo…

By incorporating results from last year’s drill program, San Andreas Resources (VSE) has beefed up reserves at its Prairie Creek property. Situated west of Yellowknife, N.W.T., the deposit is now esti…

Toronto-listed Altai Resources has acquired two new copper projects in Peru. The Achanizo deposit, in Caraveli province, contains seven known veins which range from 300 to 1,200 ft. in length and aver…