Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Sonora reports quarter loss

While gold recoveries at Sonora Gold’s (TSE) 70% owned Jamestown mine in California are expected to improve this year, the company continues to be dogged by low gold prices. Sonora recently reported …


Producers budget $75 million to promote gold

The World Gold Council, the Geneva-based association that promotes the yellow metal on behalf of member companies, couldn’t have picked a better week to hold its first institutional investment forum i…


Large porphyry copper deposits drawing attention

Copper has always played an important role in British Columbia’s metal mining industry, consistently accounting for the lion’s share of the province’s yearly metal production on a dollar-value basis. …



Mixed results from Northern Abitibi

A drill program completed on Northern Abitibi Mining’s (ASE) gold property in northwestern Quebec, under option to Inco (TSE) and Vior (ME), has returned mixed results. All six holes collared to test …




Interest rate drop boosts Falco

Lower metal prices and reduced sales from Falconbridge’s Kidd Creek zinc-copper-silver mine combined to diminish the company’s first-quarter operating income by $5.5 million. Falconbridge is a wholly …


New data on mineral-rich region

Reconnaissance scale stream sediment and water data covering a vast segment of southeastern British Columbia will be released later this month by the province’s Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum…


New law forces MAPAO changes

At its recent annual meeting in Toronto the Mines Accident Prevention Association of Ontario (MAPAO) celebrated 60 years of progress in Ontario’s mining industry. The immediate forerunner of MAPAO wa…


Contract ratified at Mines Gaspe

Workers at Noranda Minerals’ (TSE)Division Mines Gaspe in Quebec have voted 79.8% in favor of a new, 3-year collective agreement effective May 28. The new contract provides for an 18.8% wage increase…


Commodity prices decline in April

Declining metals prices contributed to a lower all-commodity price index in April, Scotiabank reported from Toronto. The index fell by 0.9% in April after a slight gain in March. Gold, sulphur and co…


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