Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Quebec’s city of Val d’Or is no longer the northern supply and distribution centre it once was because of the progress in that area made by nearby Rouyn-Noranda. The city, however, continues as a viab…

A new, definitive paper on the Eskay Creek gold deposit north of Stewart, B.C., is one of several geological articles featured in the newly released Exploration in British Columbia 1989. The British C…

Toronto-based Glencairn Explorations (ASE) has suspended operations at the Raw Bean diamond mine in Brazil after being hit with a 60% increase in non-fuel production costs and 100% increase in oil and…

A case in point would have to be American Barrick Resources, one of today’s true giants of the Canadian mining industry. Barrick’s shares now trade on the Toronto, Montreal and New York stock exchange…

The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters is often at loggerheads with the mining industry on the issue of land use, but even this environmentally act group recognizes the economic importance of m…

The first two holes of Great Lakes Minerals’ (TSE) 8,000-ft. drilling program on the Keweenaw project in northern Michigan have intersected high-grade copper mineralization over strong widths. Hole 59…

Rhodium will probably be upgraded to primary metal status as a result of this year’s surge in the rhodium price. At least two new mines in South Africa will probably concentrate on rhodium rather than…

Cash is king, they say, and the truth of that homily is reaffirmed each time the stock market slumps. Those that have cash can ride out the rough times, pick up bargains and generally look after the b…

Annual exploration expenditures in the Red Lake district of Northwestern Ontario hit a peak in the $45-million range during the heyday of flow-through share funding and exploration was, at that time, …

Ontario’s first ever Ontario Mining Week, Oct. 15-19, has been launched with proclamations by the Minister of Mines and by the mayors of 36 mining municipalities. Events during the week, sponsored by …

Rouyn Mining Resources (TSE) has joined forces with the Quebec Industrial Research Centre in an effort to improve the efficiency in mining methods of vein type deposits. The pair will build a movable …

The Langmuir No. 1 deposit of Timmins Nickel (TSE) should be in full production by mid-November, The Northern Miner learned during a visit to the project, 14 miles south of here. The company is curren…