Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Echo Bay Mines (TSE) is taking a substantial writedown on its 40% interest in the Alta Bay joint venture this quarter. The US$39.7-million writedown, which includes half of Echo Bay’s US$41.3-million …

In the midst of continent-wide dog-and-pony show to raise money for further exploration on the Ladner Creek gold project in British Columbia, Anglo Swiss Mining gained 5 cents on 189,783 shares to clo…

A recent Ontario court decision which restored Ontex Resources’ title to the Brookbank gold property in northern Ontario boosted that company’s shares 70 cents to $2.90 in the week ended Dec. 18. The …

An apparent falling out over the conversion of its preferred shares into common shares has Eastmaque Gold Mines (TSE) at odds with its major shareholder, VenturesTrident. VenturesTrident filed a lawsu…

With the Vancouver Stock Market already scraping bottom, the announcement of a year-long trading ban on Murray Pezim didn’t seem to have much of an effect. The Vancouver Composite Index remained virtu…

Among Canada’s notable mineral deposits of recent years is the Tulsequah Chief property in British Columbia, owned 40% by Redfern Resources and 60% by Cominco Ltd. Three years of underground drilling,…

“I learned the trade in Ireland when I went there to develop a mine that was going to represent 10% of the Irish economy — the largest mine in Europe — and I was in my thirties — and not one person…

Drilling on the Rosebud property has cut a 145-ft. intersection grading 0.29 oz. gold and 0.94 oz. silver per ton from 637 ft. to 782 ft. The hole including a 60-ft. section grading 0.62 oz. gold and …

Idaho-based Hecla Mining (NYSE) has purchased all the outstanding stock of Indusmin from a subsidiary of Falconbridge Ltd. and from Unimin Corp. The acquisition includes two feldspar mines and a proce…

Boyce Butler appointed president succeeding John Hilton who resigned. Butler was also appointed a director.

Cobalt, Ont., the cradle of the province’s mining industry, has been chosen as the subject of a full-length film production. It is designed to recreate the legendary figures and document the major eve…

According to Mark Twain, “Everyone complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it.” Mining people have long complained that students in Canadian schools know little about our industry …