Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Saskatoon-based Cameco (TSE) has filed a final prospectus for a secondary share issue. The secondary issue includes 5.33 million common shares of Cameco held by the Saskatchewan Mining Development Cor…

Westminer Canada has put its Gays River lead-zinc mine and mill in Nova Scotia up for sale following a 2-year attempt to solve water problems at the underground operation. “It’s a bit small for us,” s…

In recent decades, the University of Toronto has produced some of Canada’s leading geophysicists, Duncan Crone among them. President of Crone Geophysics & Exploration, he is best known as a pioneer of…

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Well-known prospector William Storie died suddenly on his claim at Snow Creek near Cassiar, B.C. He was 82. At 21, Storie began his career, prospecting for Crown Point Mining. He then worked as an ind…

Four miles from this small town is the New World project, which hosts five separate deposits — McLaren, Como, Miller Creek, Homestake and Fisher Mountain. To date, Crown Butte Resources (TSE), which …

Gold reversed a promising uptrend during the week ended Oct. 29, dipping back below the US$360-per-oz. level to settle at US$357. Trading activity on the VSE remained relatively quiet, but both the re…

Ownership of the Selbaie zinc-copper mine in northwestern Quebec may soon be in the hands of Billiton Metals Canada, hinted President Andrew Flett at a recent luncheon gathering hosted by the Toronto …

London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Oct 29 Oct 28 Oct 25 Oct 24 Oct 23 Copper 1384-1385 1386-1387 1374-1375 1383-1385 13…

Oklahoma oilman George Kaiser struck a bargain when he secured control of Toronto-based palladium-platinum explorer Madeleine Mines (TSE). According to the Ontario Securities Commission OSC Bulletin, …

Colorado-based USMX (NASDAQ) recently granted Placer Dome (TSE) the right to explore and to purchase two separate blocks of ground in White Pine Cty., Nev. The blocks make up a small portion of USMX’s…

Four local mining groups have teamed up to form a new company directed exclusively at finding mineral deposits in Latin America, with Southern Chile being the primary exploration target. The venture i…