Articles by Northern Miner Staff

New York-listed Phelps Dodge can earn a 51% interest in a suite of mining claims from Kookaburra Resources (VSE). The claims are next to Kookaburra’s Longshot Ridge copper oxide project, near Hawthorn…

Alberta-listed Tusk Resources has optioned its nickel-platinum prospect, in the Ungava region of northern Quebec, to Thunderwood Resources (TSE) and First Canadian Gold (CDN). Tusk will receive a cash…

Proceeds from a $1-million placement with private investors are financing a 20,000-tonne bulk sample at the Donalda gold project at Rouyn-Noranda, Que., Orco Resources (ME) reports. Bulk-sampling bega…

With the Yukon purportedly “open for business,” International Prism Explorations (VSE) intends to acquire a 48-claim block at Dolores Creek. To do so, according to a signed letter of intent, it must s…

Toronto-based junior Kingswood Resources (ASE) has acquired a 51% interest in Acadia Mineral Ventures (TSE) from Hecla Mining (NYSE). In exchange for the controlling interest, Hecla received $350,000 …

Brain Weir appointed director.

To the untrained eye, the Tasiariluk site on Little Cornwallis Island, N.W.T., does not represent an imposing spectacle. Its only distinguishing feature seems to be a few small patches of sparse veget…

Louis Gignac, chief executive officer of Cambior (TSE), has been elected chairman of the Mining Association of Canada (MAC). He replaces Placer Dome’s Anthony Petrina who recently retired. In his open…

The ribbon has been cut at the Canadian Geoscience Information Centre (CGIC) in Ottawa. The new centre is an amalgamation of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) library (including the map, geophysic…

The Immel zinc mine of Asarco (NYSE) in Tennessee has won an underground safety award. The 1992 Sentinels of Safety award was presented to the company by the American Mining Congress and its co-sponso…

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Peter Taggart appointed director.