Articles by Northern Miner Staff

With its first gold mine in production for just under a year, Crown Resources (VSE) managed to report earnings of US$953,000 for the year ended Dec. 31. Echo Bay Mines (TSE), operator and 70% owner of…

As the price of gold bullion moved up to US$363 per oz. in the week ended April 9, shares of Bitech also rose to a high of 10 cents after the company said it has found a private backer to finance addi…

Following lengthy negotiations, Galactic Resources (TSE) and Cornucopia Resources (TSE) have agreed to a new share ratio for a merger proposal made last year. The new ratio will give Cornucopia shareh…

During the past decade, Coeur d’Alene Mines (NYSE) has taken on a number of new projects that have enabled the company to grow as a gold producer. The company has been and still is one of the largest …

Demonstrating the practical advantages of mining in countries like Chile and Brazil is never an easy undertaking for the Canadian companies operating there. The logistics of transporting visiting anal…

Where would you rather have your gold mine? The U.S. or Canada? Exploration potential, cost of exploration and development, and generally shareholder reward continue to favor the U.S. over Canada. A c…

The VSE resource and composite indices remained little changed over the week ended April 9. The resource index posted a 4-point drop to 570.34 while the composite index remained virtually unchanged at…

Any way you look at it, the year 1990 will not be remembered fondly by many Canadian mining companies that have seen their profits plunge in the wake of falling metal prices, high interest rates and r…

The Women’s Association of the Mining Industry of Canada (WAMIC) will present its “South of the Border Fiesta” at Sheehan’s farm at Caledon East (northeast of Toronto) on Sept. 7 between 11 a.m. and 6…

Underground drilling at the Samatosum mine near Kamloops, B.C., has extended the strike length of the new zone of mineralization to about 50 metres in total. The Samatosum mine is owned 70% by Minnova…

A work program operated by BP Resources Canada (TSE) will begin next month to test a sulphide system with associated copper, gold and arsenic defined on the Cat property last year. The property is nor…

A preliminary reserve estimate was released by Eurus Resource (VSE) and Thios Resources (VSE) for their joint venture Rock & Roll property in the Iskut River region of northwestern British Columbia. T…