Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Glen Metcalf appointed director.

The onset of summer means the start of exploration programs in northwestern British Columbia, and once again Murray Pezim’s stable of juniors appear to be the dominant group active in the region. A dr…

The war in the Persian Gulf should have reminded the U.S. just how dependent it is on foreign sources for its energy needs. That, in turn, should make it equally clear how desirable it is to the U.S. …

The proposed merger between gold mining giants American Barrick and Newmont Mining has some industry analysts predicting further rationalization of the North American gold mining industry. Peter Mille…

Citing the need to cut costs, St Andrew Goldfields (TSE) will suspend underground mining operations at the Stock Township mine just west of Matheson, Ont., for two months. In the meantime, a total of …

At their annual meeting, held this year in Montreal on June 6, members of the Mining Association of Canada had a rare opportunity to hear an articulate analysis of the nation’s constitutional situatio…

Despite some pockets of excitement, the general market in Vancouver was recently characterized by a local mining analyst as “bleeding badly.” Both the Vancouver Stock Exchange composite and resource i…

If you want numbers on the gross domestic product, on inventories, on the trade balance, employment or inflation, Statistics Canada and other sources have more than enough data to keep you busy. Unfor…

Barkhor Resources Inc. – 1,000,000 units consisting of 1 sh and 2 wts offered @ 47 cents per unit.

Having surprised analysts with its resilience since the early stages of the recession, copper has finally reacted to the fundamentals of supply and demand. It fell through the US$1 threshold last mont…

The Van Stone zinc-lead mine in northeastern Washington state produced 1,947.4 tons of zinc concentrate and 702.3 tons of lead concentrate from startup in early March to the end of May. Equinox Resour…

London Metal Exhange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date June 18 June 17 June 14 June 13 June 12 Copper 1359-1361 1354-1355 1341-1…