Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Management of Dayton Mining (TSE) may retain a financial advisory firm to evaluate merger and business proposals from mining companies interested in its Andacollo gold project in Chile. Dayton has rec…

A due diligence study will be carried out by Princeton Mining (TSE) as the first step of an agreement-in-principle to acquire up to 100% of a private company holding copper, gold and silver properties…

About 40 miles southeast of here over a spectacular setting of icefields, rivers, mountains and ocean, lies the Tulsequah River valley in northwestern British Columbia. With underground operations dat…

A new ore deposit in northwestern Quebec has started providing feed to the Matagami zinc-copper mining operation of Noranda Minerals. The Norita East zone, developed during a 4-year period at a cost o…

A work program by Tenajon Resources (VSE) is under way on the Smith property adjacent to the Snoball project being drilled by Hemlo Gold Mines and Gold Giant Minerals in northwestern British Columbia….

Employees at Noranda’s (TSE) Geco mine at Manitouwadge, Ont., have voted 78% in favor of a new collective agreement. Under the terms of the new 2-year contract, effective Aug. 31, wages will increase …

A recent hole drilled by Westmin Resources (TSE) extended the Battle zone discovery by 30 metres east of section 16+92E on the company’s Myra Falls mine property near Campbell River, B.C. The hole ret…

Four out of five Canadians believe in Canada’s presence at the negotiating table with the U.S. and Mexico for a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Job creation in Canada has continued to exp…

Could it be that the almighty De Beers feels threatened by the Canadian diamond rush? In an uncharacteristic move last month, the diamond kingpin announced that the market for rough stones looks shaky…

Hard-rock miners in Canada have an enviable record where mining accidents are concerned. They were late starters into the business and were able to build on the hard-earned corpus of mining law genera…

The new president of the Quebec Mining Association (QMA) is Patrice Cayouette, a native of Bonaventure, Gaspe, Que. Cayouette succeeds Paul Bedard in the 1-year post. Involved in Quebec’s mining indus…

To raise funds this year, the Women’s Association of the Mining Industry of Canada (WAMIC) in Toronto will host “Las Vegas Night” Nov. 6 at the Granite Club, 2350 Bayview Avenue. Participants can win …