Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Junior mining company Ressources Val d’Or (ME) plans to transfer its rights to 80% of the Vendome zinc project in the Val d’Or area of Quebec to private firm Bullion Monarch Canada Resources. The new …

The largest city in Canada with a geographic size of 1,240 square miles, Timmins, Ont., bills itself as a “world-class” mining camp with plans to retain that reputation. With a population of 47,000, s…

Hoping to develop a high-grade copper deposit near Chibougamau, Que., Seabright Explorations (TSE) has entered into a letter of understanding with Corner Bay Resources. Seabrex plans to acquire the pr…

Kirkland Lake is a traditional northern Ontario mining town now poised on the threshold of a major diversification to its economic base. The ambitious moves were necessitated, in part, by the serious …

Mississauga-based Ortech International will host a 2-day workshop on technology transfer, Nov. 19-20, at the Ramada Hotel, Airport West, Toronto, Ont. The focus is on emerging technologies for metal a…

Frank Smeenk appointed director and president succeeding Harvey Atkin who has assumed the position of chairman of the board; Douglas Towers appointed a director; Stephen McIntyre and Koos Schippers re…

Info-Stop Communications Inc. has changed its name to Alpha Gold Corp. (ALQ:VSE) with no consolidation of capital.

Narrow, localized zones carrying little gold appear to be the source of the strongly anomalous humus samples collected on the Laverty Red Lake Resources (COATS) claim group near Red lake, Ont. A 4-hol…

Considered one of the most promising new mines in Canada, the Golden Patricia mine, 45 miles west of Pickle Lake in Northwestern Ontario, is about to enter a new era of development and expansion. Don …

The mineral collection of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto will take centre stage in January when the mineralogy department presents its Cocktails with Curators IV. Curator Fred Wicks and his staff…

Share buyback plans were announced recently by Calgary-based Golden Rule Resources (TSE) and its 58% owned subsidiary Manson Creek Resources (TSE). Golden Rule says it intends to acquire up to 1,052,0…

As part of an effort to acquire new projects, Cheni Gold Mines (TSE) announced plans to spend $7.5 million to bring the J&L polymetallic deposit near Revelstoke, B.C., to feasibility in return for a 6…