Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Wracked by civil unrest until three years ago, Nicaragua has embraced the mood of Latin America. The doors are open to foreign investment and privatization is in. The operating, 150-ton-per-day (tpd),…

Staking is intensifying in the Back River area of the Northwest Territories, where Homestake Mining (TSE) is said to have made a significant gold discovery. Homestake declined comment on the Goose Lak…

A drill program will begin in April on Placer Dome’s (TSE) Turquetil gold project, 130 miles southeast of Rankin Inlet, N.W.T. The drilling will test several new gold targets along the extension of th…

High levels of taxation — not labor costs and wages — was the main concern expressed by Canada’s top 1,000 business leaders when asked about their ability to compete with similar companies in Mexico…

Three politicians from different regions of the country are to speak at the annual convention of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, March 27-31 in Toronto. They are: — William McKn…

Gold royalty company Franco-Nevada Mining (TSE) plans to raise at least $38 million through an offering of special warrants. The Toronto-based company has entered into an agreement with First Marathon…

Mineral production in Ontario is a technologically advanced business that supplies a broad range of benefits to the province’s economy, according to a study by management consulting and accounting fir…

Toronto-based junior Goldpost Resources (TSE) is selling its properties in northern Ontario to St Andrew Goldfields (TSE). The three contiguous gold properties — Hislop East, Holcorp and Valliere — …

Ten claims in Fiedmont and Courville Twps., about 35 km north of Val d’Or, Que., are being sold by Exploration Acabit (ME) to Western Quebec Mines (TSE). Western will explore the Mckenzie Break gold p…

The first commercial sale of manganese ore production from the Burkina Faso mining project in Africa has closed, InterStar Mining Group (CDN) reports. The 10,000-tonne purchase order was processed by …

Reserves have decreased at Cameco’s (TSE) mineral properties in Saskatchewan. As of Jan. 1, 1993, the company’s share of uranium reserves from five deposits was 460 million lb. U3O8. This represents a…

Metallurgical testing is proceeding on a 1,200-lb. sample of material from the Chaucha deposit. Kookaburra Resources (VSE) can earn a 50% interest in the Ecuador project from AG Armeno Resources (VSE)…