Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Mine closures outnumbered openings in Canada by almost 2:1 last year as low metal prices and flat markets battered mineral producers nationwide. According to Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, 33 min…

Recent sampling in an area immediately south of the Longshot Ridge copper-oxide deposit near Hawthorne, Nev., has outlined an additional zone of copper mineralization, owner Kookaburra Gold (VSE) repo…

BGR Central Net Value $7.59 $5.03 Price $5.75 $4.40 Discount 24.24% 12.5% Value $45,193,000 $74,026,920…

Waseco Resources Inc – 675,000 shs offered @ 42 cents per sh. Azco Mining Inc – 2,750,000 units consisting of 1 sh and 1 wt offered @ $2.36 per unit.

Ontario Hydro and the provincial government recently tried to persuade business representatives that plans to ensure a reliable electricity supply over the next decade are going to work. However, some…

Although best known for such scenic wonders as Lake Victoria, Mt. Kilimanjaro and the Serengeti plain, Tanzania is also rich in mineral resources such as gold, diamonds and nickel. Those resources hav…

Galico Resources (VSE) has completed a 5-hole, first phase program on Noront Resources’ (VSE) Hurdman Twp. property about 65 miles northwest of Timmins, Ont. Noront says Galico encountered zinc minera…

Funding for a drilling campaign at the Polaris-Taku project has been arranged by Suntac Minerals (VSE) through a 2.5 million-unit private placement at 20 cents per unit. The units include a warrant to…

A joint venture agreement between WisCan Resources (TSE) and Noranda (TSE) to explore the Goodman North and South, Reef and Enterprise projects in Wisconsin has been terminated. WisCan was formed just…

British Columbia’s mining industry is expressing a wide range of concerns about the provincial government’s proposed environmental assessment legislation and the establishment of a commission of inqui…

When the Mexican government decided in 1990 to privatize its mining sector and open the gates to foreign investment, it put its own mineral resource branch in an unfamiliar position. Now that vast tra…

Chile is the worlds largest producer and exporter of copper, accounting for 22% of the Western worlds total production, and about 23% of the worlds copper reserves. Based on planned production statist…