Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A financing advisory agreement has been signed with IBK Capital Corp. of Toronto, Menora Resources (ME) reports. The junior says IBK will, among other things, arrange financing of not less than $5.25 …

Just over a year ago, International Musto Explorations (VSE) signed an agreement to acquire the Bajo de la Alumbrera copper-gold deposit in the province of Catamarca, northwestern Argentina. The junio…

Well, sirs, I first heard of Anyox, B.C., way back in 1935 when I met a fellow riding the freight trains. (That seemed the thing to do in those days.) “I just came from Anyox,” he told me. “Worked in …

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Having enjoyed more then 10 unbroken years of democratic government and offering some of the most favorable investment rules in Latin America, Bolivia looks increasingly promising to mineral investors…

A syndicate of 14 “respected risk-takers” led by Robert Ginn has launched a $250,000 drilling program in the old business district of Timmins, Ont. The drilling, centred east of the railway station, w…

By July of this year, the Canadian unit of Homestake Mining (NYSE) expects to submit an application to government for permission to build a mine at the Eskay Creek project, north of Stewart, B.C. “We …

A deep hole to test the centre of the western magnetic peak of the Wanapitei anomaly near Sudbury, Ont., is under way, reports Flag Resources (ASE). Flag has a 100% interest in 26,000 acres covering t…

The mining assets of Westminer Canada, including the Copper Rand and Portage mines and the 3,000-ton-per-day concentrator in Chibougamau, Que., have been purchased by MSV Resources (ME), which wants t…

We may never know what finally persuaded Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to announce his resignation, but we hope it had nothing to do with the current languishing conditions of the mining industry. Fir…

A fire that broke out last month in the headframe of the Mobrun mine shaft near Rouyn-Noranda, Que., will cause a delay of about two months in the exploration and development program on the 1100 lens,…

A number of issues posted gains on western markets during the week ended noon, March 3. Trading interest was once again triggered by diamond and gold exploration in the Northwest Territories, as well …