Articles by Northern Miner Staff

DIAMONDS By Michel Boucher Following a discovery by BHP and Dia Met at Point Lake in the Northwest Territories, diamonds have become the focus of the hottest land staking fever in Canada since the Klo…

The Canadian coal industry had a difficult year in 1992. Strikes, lockouts, and a tragic accident led to a drop in production, exports and earnings. These events were unusual for the Canadian industry…

A shareholder of International Musto Explorations (TSE) is alleging that the company and Adolf Lundin were party to a number of securities transactions that are alleged to have conveyed undue benefit …

Ontario’s Ministry of Northern Development and Mines will place its Temiskaming Testing Laboratory in Cobalt on a care-and-maintenance basis effective Sept. 1. Demand for the lab’s service has dropped…

Early-stage exploration programs are being planned by Stratabound Minerals (ASE) for two newly acquired base metal properties in the Aiken Lake area of northeastern British Columbia. The company purch…

Pluton Industries Ltd. (PTN:VSE) has changed its name to Clairon Environmental Technologies Inc. with a consolidation of capital on a 1-new-for-4-old-share basis. The transfer agent is Montreal Trust….

Not a bad start to the year for mining exploration, wouldn’t you say? The diamond hunt continues with sparkling enthusiasm across Canada, parts of the U.S. and overseas in Africa, and a staking rush i…

Alvin Jackson appointed director.

Gilles Laverdiere appointed president.

Field work last year at the Gross Rosebel concession in Suriname concentrated on two targets, the Royal Hill and Mayo zones, where 12 miles of assay trenches were cut, Golden Star Resources (TSE) repo…

Drilling on the Macuelizo gold-oxide project in Honduras recently returned encouraging results for owner Melinga Resources (VSE). One hole in a previously untested zone known as the Sugar Loaf Hill re…

London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Feb. 23 Feb. 22 Feb. 19 Feb. 18 Feb. 17 Copper 1508-1509 1520-1521 1527-1528 1538-15…