Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A recent agreement with Northern Crown Mines (VSE) sets the stage for Teck (TSE) to earn an equity interest in the junior as well as an interest in an epithermal bulk-tonnage gold-silver project in Si…

Encouraged by recent work on the Bajo de la Alumbrera copper-gold deposit, International Musto Explorations (VSE) anticipates improved project economics for the advanced porphyry deposit in northweste…

According to a study made for Mexico by the Silver Institute of Washington, D.C., last year, world silver consumption is greater than production. If this trend continues, silver prices could rebound, …

Mining accounts for 11% of Peru’s gross domestic product and about 45% of total exports, the country’s minister of mines and energy said at a recent meeting in San Francisco. The industry employs more…

A. Tonken appointed president and chief executive officer.

The 571 unionized employees at Canadian Electrolytic Zinc (CE Zinc) have voted 89% in favor of a new 3-year collective agreement. Under the terms of the new contract, effective Nov. 1, the average wag…

Drilling on Glimmer Resources’ (VSE) Beatty-Hislop property in northeastern Ontario has intersected a new zone of alteration. The new zone is about 300 metres north of the other known mineralized zone…

The recent purchase of an option on a further 7.5% interest in Taysan Copper, a Philippine company, gives Chase Resources (VSE) control over 67.4% of the Taysan project. On assignment of the 7.5% inte…

A streamlined environmental assessment process, reduced taxes and the elimination of some fees are among measures Newfoundland and Labrador is taking to revitalize its ailing mineral industry. Mines a…

Full-scale gold production is being planned for next summer at the La Colorada project near Hermosillo, Mexico, held by private company Eldorado and a unit of Campbell Resources (TSE). Eldorado, which…

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) …