Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A country that decides it wants mining to happen will do something about it. It will establish regulations and taxes that favor mining and loosen restrictions on foreign ownership. Canada used to be t…

Newfoundland Goldbar Resources (CDN) plans to start a 12,000-ft. drill program on the Glover Island gold property in western Newfoundland to follow up on work completed last year. Under an option agre…

A 2-month inquiry into the conduct of Ontario’s mines minister, Shelley Martel, ended recently without reaching a clear-cut conclusion. Martel, from the Sudbury, Ont., area, remains the minister of No…

William B. Dix, the former vice-president of McIntyre Porcupine Mines, died in Toronto recently at the age of 81. Born and educated in England, Dix spent almost his entire working life within the McIn…

I commend your stimulating editorial “Capital for Latin America” (T.N.M., Mar. 23/92). You do well to encourage the Canadian resource industry to participate in Latin America’s growing opportunities f…

Chilean mining joint venture law and privatization will be the subject of the next CIM Mineral Economics Society discussion group meeting at the Toronto Board of Trade, May 5. Jorge Bande, vice-presid…

Keywest Resources Ltd – 500,000 shs offered @ $1.10 per sh.

The recent rush to find diamonds in Canada’s far north is fun, but it really isn’t what Canada’s mining industry needs today. The money being spent finding the makings of future diamond rings would be…

Because of technical complications, the stock market listings which appeared in the April 13 edition of The Northern Miner were incorrect.

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $339.60 + $2.10 Silver* $ 4.10 + $0.01 Platinum* $348.50 + $0.50 Nickel** $ 3.35 – $0.01 Lead** $ 0.24 $0.00 Copper $ 0.99 – $0.01 Zinc $ 0.59 + $0.01 Courtesy of Scotia…

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…