Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Newfoundland and Labrador have changed their mining tax policy to encourage investment. Provincial corporate taxes will now be creditable against mining taxes for a mine’s first 10 operating years. Al…

A 2,000-metre program is under way at the Lewis Ponds polymetallic prospect in Australia, reports Tri Origin Exploration (TSE). The drilling is intended to expand a known inventory of 1.5 million tonn…

The isolation of many mining camps can affect workers in various ways. Over the years, and at numerous operations, I have observed that the poker game is most likely to occupy idle miners. At times, t…

A $500,000 private placement by Etruscan Enterprises (VSE) will be used to explore its Hackett River property, 160 km northeast of Lac de Gras, N.W.T. The placement consists of 320,513 shares at a pri…

It came as absolutely no surprise that Dia Met Minerals’ Charles Fipke was crowned Prospector of the Year at the annual convention of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. He was the h…

Workers at Cogema Canada’s Cluff Lake uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan are the first in Canada to use a training program in radiation protection. Designed at the Canadian Institute for Radiation …

Rino Manarin appointed director.

James Carter appointed director.

Ron Churchill appointed president.

Douglas Hyndman appointed director.

Jim Heras appointed director and president.

Frank Roberts appointed director and president; Suzanne Wood appointed director.