Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Toronto-listed Inco and its Manitoba division have reached a tentative deal in contract talks with Local 6166 of the United Steelworkers of America. A ratification vote was scheduled for Sept. 15, det…

Drilling on the Golden Quail property in San Bernardino Cty., Calif., is to begin shortly. Joint-venture partners Golden Quail Resources and Golden Hemlock Resources (VSE) have received permits for 10…

Shareholders of Quebec dolomite producer Dolobec have approved the sale of their company to Dufresnoy, Societe d’exploration miniere (ME) for $1.1 million. Dufresnoy intends to finance the acquisition…

Investment opportunities worldwide are so great that businesses can afford to be selective about where to invest their capital. Cuba, however, is not the most desirable investment target, according to…

The new Moab gold mine in South Africa is expected to produce 293 tons of bullion annually, Anglo American’s gold division chairman said recently in Cape Town. Clem Sunter told an investment conferenc…

Shareholders have approved an amalgamation between Goldpost Resources (TSE) and Antares Mining & Exploration. The new company is also called Antares Mining & Exploration. Goldpost shareholders will re…

The state of Alaska filed a US$29-billion lawsuit this summer against the U.S. government to compensate for revenue it claims it has lost by Washington’s closing of mineral-rich federal land. The fede…

VSE-listed Randstrom Manufacturing has added to its Mexican holdings by agreeing to acquire El Sultan, a gold project in Zacatecas state. An agreement, subject to regulatory approval, allows the compa…

Bishop Resources, soon to be trading on the Montreal Exchange’s unlisted market, has moved a small, sluice-box-style “concentrator” onto its Guadalupe gold property in Mexico. The aim is to test the p…

Although the occurrence of diamonds in glacial drift in southern Ontario is well documented, few people are aware that kimberlite dykes have been recognized in two localities just north of Lake Ontari…

There are two commercial diamond mines in Australia, the Argyle mine of Ashton Mining and CRA, and the Bow River operation of Normandy Poseidon. Both are in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. …

As it continues to search for a buyer of its Fish Lake deposit near Williams Lake, B.C., Taseko Mines (TSE) has hired Kilborn Engineering Pacific to complete a prefeasibility study. Minable reserves w…