Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The discovery of tiny colored stones in the Lac de Gras area of the Northwest Territories has spawned a new surge of investor interest in the diamond exploration game. After joint venture partners Abe…

Toronto-based Beaufield Consolidated Resources (VSE) has acquired a 75% interest in three properties near the Freewest Resources (ME) gold discovery in Benoit Twp., Que. Beaufield acquired the three c…

The International Silver Trade, by Tom Mohide. Published by Woodhead Publishing Ltd. Available at the Silver Institute, 1112 16th St. NW, Suite 240, Washington, D.C. 20036. 190 pages. US$135. Author T…

Robert Middleton appointed president and director; James Tutton appointed director.

Gold stocks were unable to maintain their post-election rally during the week ended Nov. 10 as bullion slid to a 6-year low of US$330.25 per oz. in New York. Having recently touched a new 52-week high…

The government of Saskatchewan has given the green light to uranium mining. That was the important news to have come out of the provincial New Democratic Party’s fractious convention staged recently a…

While the logistics of diamond exploration in the Northwest Territories become more challenging with each passing day, some companies are mobilizing drill rigs to the relatively balmy climes of northe…

A combination of productivity gains and federal government initiatives to stimulate the Canadian economy has paid off for base metal miners, but analysts say the party will be short-lived. A survey of…

At the height of the field season in the Lac de Gras area, it was rumored that Monopros, the Canadian subsidiary of De Beers Consolidated Mines, was flying out a Twin Otter load of overburden samples …

The directors and independent board committees of Anglo Dominion Gold Exploration (TSE), The Conigas Mines (TSE), Garrison Creek Consolidated Mines (CDN) and Quebec Sturgeon River Mines (TSE) have app…

The Supreme Court of British Columbia recently approved the amalgamation of Equinox Resources (TSE) and Eastmaque Gold Mines (TSE) in an uncontested hearing. Previous efforts by Equinox to merge the t…

In Canada’s mining industry, panning the prospectors is surely a disgraceful exercise. Natural resources are the basis of Canada’s wealth. But without the vision of explorers, prospectors and speculat…