Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Ontario’s newly appointed mines minister says he is placed on the defence during a recent interview with The Northern Miner. “I am under siege,” jokes Gilles Pouliot, 48 — a feeling that may be inevi…

After lying low for almost three years, Fort Knox Gold Resources (TSE) has optioned two groups of claims in the Shining Tree area, near Cobalt, Ont. Inco (TSE), which recently increased its stake in F…

Additional drill results from the Komis gold deposit in northern Saskatchewan suggest that Waddy Lake Resources (TSE) has correctly interpreted the orientation of the mineralization. The company compl…

Aston Resources Ltd. (ASU: VSE) has changed its registrar and transfer agent to Pacific Corporate Trust Co.

The president of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) is downplaying a recent federal government report on the state of mineral exploration in Canada. Robert Ginn says the explo…

Echo Bay Mines (TSE) was recently forced to pay one of the stiffest fines ever levied against a mining company in the State of Nevada. After more than 1,000 birds were killed while drinking from the t…

News of a gold discovery near the producing Eagle/Telbel mining project of Agnico-Eagle Mines in the Joutel, Que., area helped shares of the company to jump by $1.25 to $7. The company traded 263,400 …

Calgary-based Siam Trading (ASE) has signed a joint venture agreement to develop and mine a kaolin deposit situated about 150 km east of Bangkok, Thailand. The company has obtained a 10% working inter…

Burns Fry has announced that it owns or has control over 459,200 convertible first preference C shares of Corona (TSE), representing about 16% of Corona’s outstanding C shares. The securities firm say…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $383.45 — $0.05 Silver* $4.20 — $0.03 Platinum* $416.60 — $5.65 Nickel** $4.03 — $0.01 Lead** $0.33 Copper- $1.18 — $0.02 Zinc– $0.58 Courtesy of Scotiabank. Infor…

Record high gold output of 34,571 oz. helped to stem the flow of red ink at Hope Brook Gold’s (TSE) underground gold mine in Newfoundland for the three months ended Sept. 30. But, the company blamed h…

With the recent completion of a third phase exploratory drilling program, Princeton Mining (TSE) expects to have an updated minable reserve in hand by year end for its Similco copper mine project near…