Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The Mineral Policy Sector (MPS) of Energy Mines and Resources Canada (EMR) is well known in the mineral industry. At the Centre for Resource Studies (CRS), we have been especially dependent on the MPS…

Pursuant to an agreement signed in early 1991, Rio Algom (TSE) recently purchased an additional 296,942 shares of St. Philips Resources (VSE). The purchase, comprised of 259,286 deferred options exerc…

A fleet of Siberian icebreakers could provide the key to economic development of the Izok Lake zinc-copper deposit, one of four projects that Metall Mining (TSE) expects to bring into production in th…

CANADA PARDON — HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL IN COUNCIL, on the recommendation of the National Parole Board, is pleased hereby to grant to Viola Rita MacMillan, nee Viola Rita Huggard, a pardo…

Aber Resources President Grenville Thomas and associates Christopher Jennings and Robert Gannicott set out during the week ended March 24 to prove that diamond exploration is more than just the flavor…

Rio Algom (TSE) has agreed to option Key Anacon Mines’ (TSE) base metal prospect in northern New Brunswick. Under the agreement, Rio must spend $10 million on exploration over five years in order to e…

The employment decline in Canadian mineral industries which began in 1990 continued in 1991. Reductions brought direct employment in mining and primary metals to 138,343, down 5% from 1990 and the low…

The two men stealthily filled the hole and pulled their crude plank table over the spot. Then they shuffled about on the tent’s earthen floor in an attempt to wipe out all evidence of their midnight e…

By spending $500,000 on exploration and development at the Pend Oreille lead-zinc project in Washington within the year, Minnova (TSE) will be granted the exclusive option to acquire Kerr Addison Mine…

Shareholders of Goldbelt Resources (VSE) recently ratified the company’s plans to develop mineral resources in two republics of the Commonwealth of Independent States (the former Soviet Union). Under …

Senior North American gold producers churning out over one million oz. of gold per year must find or acquire the equivalent of one Eskay Creek property every two years in order to sustain reserves. By…

A photo of Albert Einstein with the expression “imagination is more important than knowledge” lies next to the desk of Claude St-Jacques, president of Quebec City-based Societe d’Exploration Miniere V…