Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The drop in world metal consumption is adding to miners’ woes as producer and terminal market metal stocks rise to the highest levels in recent years. In reaction, prices are slipping as consumers res…

A unit of Kennecott recently terminated an option to earn an interest in the Lockwood volcanogenic massive sulphide property near Everett, Wash. The project is owned 65% by Island-Arc Resources (VSE) …

The game plan of American Barrick (TSE) from the beginning has been to use hard cash to buy partly developed mining properties and then take them into production. Or, the Toronto-based gold producer h…

If the Troilus gold property in northern Quebec gets the go-ahead, it will be one of Canada’s larger mine developments in recent years. It will be the largest gold producer in the Chapais-Chibougamau …

Global competition is making it more evident that corporate Canada has under-invested in its workforce, that Ottawa has poured millions of dollars into poorly focused training programs and that the pu…

I would like to take this opportunity to respond to the article “Jake Epp should resign” (T.N.M. Sept. 21/92) by Steve Parry, speaking in his dual capacities as president of the Porcupine Prospectors …

The active search for diamonds in Canada’s North has sparked interest in Alberta’s mineral potential. The first documented find in the oil-rich province was made in 1988 by Tom Bryant, who discovered …

A proposal is being reviewed by the boards of Canamax Resources (TSE), Canada Tungsten Mining (TSE) and Minerex Resources (TSE) to merge and create a larger, ongoing company known as Canada Tungsten. …

With field activities completed for the season, Crown Butte Resources (TSE) plans to continue permitting work “at a priority pace” this winter for its New World gold project in Montana. The company re…

A letter of agreement has been signed between Gowest Amalgamated (ASE) and Placer Dome (TSE) whereby Placer may earn a 75% interest in Gowest’s property in northeastern Ontario. The property comprises…

Ore reserves at Noble Peak Resources’ (ASE) Crypto zinc property near Salt Lake City, Utah, are nearing the 10-million-ton threshold needed for commercial production, shareholders were recently told a…

Gold producer Echo Bay Mines (TSE) has two major development projects in southeast Alaska, Alaska-Juneau and Kensington. Together, they have the potential to increase annual gold production by about 4…