Articles by Northern Miner Staff

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…

Even before Kinross Gold (TSE) made front page news this week with its purchase of Falconbridge gold it had begun building an asset base with the acquisition of two small U.S. gold mines and two minin…

Companies looking to develop new mines in the U.S. could face a tougher ride through the permitting process because of environmental problems at the Summitville gold property in Colorado. The project’…

Associated companies Kenrich Mining (VSE) and Ambergate Exploration (VSE) are contributing to a research effort aimed at identifying possible extensions of the favorable Eskay Creek stratigraphy on gr…

Geomaque Explorations (CDN) can earn a 100% interest, subject to a 3% net smelter return, in the San Francisco heap-leach property, 120 km south of Nogales, Mexico. An option agreement to this effect …

Concern over second-quarter earnings and weak metal prices took its toll on base metal producers during the week ended July 20. For far less tangible reasons, the diamond stocks also took a beating. O…