Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Having already established itself as a leading Latin American gold producer, Cambior (TSE) is forming a joint venture with soon-to-be-Vancouver-listed Southwestern Gold on Southwestern’s Peruvian expl…

In response to the recent rise in the price of gold, Greater Lenora Resources (TSE) is considering carrying out a final feasibility study on the Goldfields property in northern Saskatchewan. The prope…

Although investors are looking to Venezuela for its undeveloped gold potential, a junior company is poised for a significant return on an investment in a laterite nickel deposit, 65 miles southwest of…

A consistently outstanding performance at its Goldstrike mine in Nevada helped American Barrick Resources (TSE) post significant increases in production, earnings and cash flow for the first six month…

An ownership dispute over the White River project has been settled, allowing Akiko Gold (VSE) and Gold Giant Minerals (VSE) to form an exploration joint venture with Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE). The projec…

Weakness on major eastern markets and an extended pause in the gold rally at the US$390 level, combined with some heart-stopping air pockets in the diamond issues, helped push western markets down ove…

With a $9-million private placement now closed, Equinox Resources (TSE) is on its way to buying the Rosebud gold project, in Nevada, from Lac Minerals (TSE). The purchase price for the 51% interest is…

Partners Western Copper Holdings (TSE) and Thermal Exploration (ASE) are requesting bids from engineering firms for a feasibility study on the Williams Creek copper-gold project 25 miles from Carmacks…

Back in the summer of 1990, I took a trip to Winnipeg as a freelance journalist to cover the annual conference of mines and energy ministers. I was the only reporter at the conference, save for a brie…

According to reports in The Globe and Mail, scrap metal exports from Estonia, formerly within the orbit of the Soviet Union and now an independent state, have risen to the point that it has become the…

Canadian mining and services companies are highly regarded internationally for technological, environmental and operational excellence. Mining can be seen as one of the pre-eminent environmental scien…

More than 100 companies, mainly from Canada and to a lesser degree from the U.S., Japan and Australia, are showing an interest in Mexican mining projects. This is largely due to changes in Mexican min…