Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A subsidiary of Placer Dome (TSE) voluntarily stayed a legal action it began in Reno, Nev., against Hanson Natural Resources, doing business as Gold Fields Mining of Denver. The dispute between the tw…

Black Hawk Mining (TSE) is moving to boost its nickel reserves by earning 50% of All-North Resources’ (VSE) interests in a group of four properties in the Kluane area of southwest Yukon. Toronto-based…

Base metal producer Curragh (TSE) is facing charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act after officials from the Yukon Workers’ Compensation Board paid a routine visit to the company’s Faro z…

It’s a mouthful — The Second International Conference on Environmental Is sues and Management of Waste in Energy and Mineral Production — but with the heightened concerns over acid mine generation, …

Peter Merry and Andrew von Kursell appointed directors.

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $350.95 + $3.25 Silver* $ 3.95 + $0.04 Platinum* $389.50 + $4.75 Nickel** $ 3.36 – $0.10 Lead** $ 0.27 – $0.01 Copper $ 1.16 + $0.02 Zinc $ 0.59 $0.00 Courtesy of Scotia…

Toronto-based Biron Bay Resources (ASE) has staked claims covering 8,000 ft. of strike length immediately north of its Summit project in Grant County, N.M., says President Leonard Taylor. Encouraged b…

A Nova Scotia-based junior recently exercised an option to acquire the Tyro property in Mohave Cty., Ariz., a gold project containing preliminary reserves of 1 million tons averaging 0.12 oz. gold and…

Results from initial bulk sampling of the Siwash North gold deposit in southern British Columbia has property owner Fairfield Minerals (TSE) considering an expansion of its open pit program to 5,000 t…

Alistair McLennan appointed president.

Suzanne Wood appointed director/secretary.

Montreal-based KWG Resources (ME) recently acquired a 70% interest in a joint venture to explore for diamonds on several patented and unpatented claims that straddle the Quebec-Ontario border near Kir…