Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Having worked as a miner, and later as a prospector for myself and for companies, I am dismayed at the devastation in Canada’s mining industry today. I hear governments saying, “Let’s try to get away …

A report on mine safety standards prepared by Ralph McGinn, British Columbia’s chief mines inspector, was recently endorsed by the International Labor Organization’s governing body. McGinn is now expa…

Praveen Varshney appointed president and director; Hari Varshney and Raj Chowdhry appointed directors.

Praveen Varshney appointed president.

Gerard Drummond elected chief executive officer; William Glasgow elected senior vice-president; Lawrence Heiner elected president and chief executive officer.

Randy Turner appointed director.

Hari Varshney, Praveen Varshney and Raj Chowdhry appointed directors.

Lawrence Barr appointed director.

Anthony Cohen appointed president and director; Diane Travnik appointed director.

Exploration is scheduled to begin on Allegheny Mines’ (ASE) 47-claim Atiko-Sapawe Gold Mines property, 20 miles east of Atikokan, Ont., in 1993. Working with a new structural interpretation of the pro…

Starmin Mining (TSE) announced completion of a private placement, subject to regulatory and other approval, to an Alberta subscriber consisting of a minimum of 326,078 units and a maximum of 652,174 u…

In early 1992, after four years of negotiations, Falconbridge signed an agreement with the Ontario government which permits exploration to occur on the old Kam Kotia mine property near Timmins, Ont. T…