Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Lori Ann MacKisey appointed director.

Gary LaValley appointed president and director.

Underground drilling has been completed at the Silver Strand gold-silver mine in Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene district. Silver Trend Mining (SpOTC) says six holes were drilled: two through the known orebody,…

The prospector is the most useful man to commerce and the most valuable man to civilization. No prospectors, no mines. No mines, no civilization. Political economists tell us that, next to agriculture…

The Mount Pleasant property in New Brunswick is getting a new look. Piskahegan Resources, a private company controlled by overseas investors, has acquired the project from Billiton Metals Canada and L…

As the debate over the reauthorization of the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) intensifies, gold-mining companies, which have a big stake in the outcome, face a dilemma. While the industry supports t…

Paul Carmichael appointed president and director; Richard Gliege and William McIver appointed directors.

R. Taylor appointed president; Orval Gillespie appointed chairman.

Spokane, Wash.-based Antilles Resources (VSE) can acquire an 80% interest in two gold concessions in southeastern Venezuela. Each of the Janice I and II concessions covers about 12,355 acres and is un…

The Con underground gold mine near Yellowknife, N.W.T., is set to undergo major exploration. Owner Miramar Mining (TSE) expects to complete more than 65,000 ft. of drilling in 1994, with initial work …

Sales of rough diamonds through DeBeers’ Central Selling Organization (CSO) were 28% higher in 1993 than in the previous year, DeBeers reports. Sales for the year were US$4.4 billion compared with US$…

San Andreas Resources (TSE) is preparing an updated reserve estimate for its Prairie Creek mine property, 300 miles west of Yellowknife, N.W.T. The company expects to release the information in Januar…