Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Right next to Placer Dome’s Campbell mine is Dickenson Mines (TSE) Arthur White mine. They are close neighbors and work essentially the same type of ore in a similar geological environment. They have …

Two-Up — the famous, or could it be notorious? — Australian game of chance. Place two coins on a flat stick, flip the coins and when they are in midair, make your call, “Odds” or “Evens.” Nothing co…

American Barrick Resources (TSE), the power house of the North American gold mining industry, continues to build on its own success. The Toronto-based company reported record first-quarter earnings of…

Nickel values returned from a 7-hole drilling program representing 610 metres at the Nabish Lake property near Dryden, Ont., are encouraging, Societe Minere Mimiska (ME) reported. The drilling was aim…

As most people know by now, The Mining Association of Canada was the first national mining body to adopt an environmental policy. It was approved in 1989 and is endorsed by all MAC members. It is a co…

The Ontario Mining Association, in co-operation with the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, Ontario’s Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metal…

Aurtec Mining Development (ME) is trying to raise $500,000 to conduct a final feasibility study on its Bakoudou gold property in Gabon, Africa. Detailed exploration work on the property has outlined a…

Production recently commenced at the Simkar gold mine of Ronrico Explorations (VSE) following the shipment of 10,500 tons of ore and development muck to Belmoral’s (TSE) mill near Val d’Or, Que. Ronri…

A tentative agreement between Westmin Resources (TSE) and Pioneer Metals (TSE) calls for Pioneer to transfer to Westmin its 40% interest in the Premier Gold project near Stewart, B.C. In return, Westm…

A private Australian company has agreed to provide a $150,000 loan to finance development at Swansea Gold Mines’ Ruby Creek gold prospect near Wisdom, Mont. The property hosts a 2.56-million-cubic-met…

Operator Westmin Resources (TSE) plans to begin mining the 35 zone on the SB property before mid-May of this year, with the first batch of ore scheduled to be milled in mid-July. The company is earnin…

An agreement in principle has been reached between privately owned National Mineral Corp. and Bitech Corp. (ASE) that will see exploration work resume on the latter’s Nugget Pond gold property in nort…