Articles by Northern Miner Staff

On learning of the recent demise of William Bill Pryde, I recalled a hair-raising venture which I shared with him at the Granduc mine site in 1965. A climax avalanche swept over the Leduc Portal camp …

Gold lost its pivotal position in the international monetary system in August, 1971, when the U.S. formally suspended the dollars convertibility into gold. But even though it has lost its significance…

The Canadian Exporters Association (CEA) wants to honor Canadian companies contributing to international development in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. The 1994 Canadian Awards for Inte…

The dramatic turnaround in the copper concentrate market is partly the result of large shipments in 1992 to the former Soviet Union and increased buying by China. So says Brook Hunt & Associates of th…

The Canadian mining industry lost its queen bee of prospecting with the death of Viola MacMillan. She was 90. MacMillan was president of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada for 21 yea…

The McLaughlin gold mine of Homestake Mining (NYSE) in California poured its two-millionth ounce in mid-October. The open-pit operation poured its first gold in 1985 and its one-millionth ounce in 199…

After acquiring the Copper Rand and Portage gold-copper mines near Chibougamau, Que., in late February, MSV Resources (ME) returned the properties to production. MSV bought the mines and a 3,000-ton-p…

It was a tough year for Curragh (TSE), which had to cease production in early April at its Faro lead-zinc mining operation in the Yukon. Deteriorating metals markets played havoc with Curraghs balance…

If 1992 was the year diamond fever swept Canada, 1993 will be remembered for the solid exploration results that made even diehard skeptics concede that this country may soon have its first diamond min…

The resource stocks took one last kick at the can before the new year dawned. They boosted the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 Composite Index to a big gain on the last day of our report week. The TSE 300 …

A drill program is scheduled for early 1994 at the Huckleberry property near Kemano, B.C. New Canamin Resources (VSE), which owns the property, subject to a 60% back-in right held by Kennecott, plans …

An agreement with Silver Eagle Resources (VSE) gives Asarco (NYSE) an option to earn a 75% interest in the High Dollar property in the Carlin Trend of Eureka Cty., Nev. Silver Eagle describes the 840-…