Articles by Northern Miner Staff

In his address at the recent 77th annual general meeting of the B.C. & Yukon Chamber of Mines, President Nicholas Carter warned the mining industry that it must assume a proactive rather than a reacti…

Labor problems and a mine explosion in South America, rising inventories in London Metal Exchange (LME) and New York Commodity Exchange (Comex) warehouses, and backwardation on both exchanges seem to …

After analyzing the 1988 exploration program at the Mount Polley copper/gold deposit in south-central British Columbia, project operator Imperial Metals Corp. (TSE) says drilling has successfully conf…

Rosa Brown was no fool. The little old lady who trooped through Kirkland Lake in the years between the two World Wars accompanied by her pack of dogs may have been eccentric, but she was no fool. They…

Higher production, slightly higher average realized gold prices, gains on foreign currency transactions and a greater return on short term investments boosted net earnings of Battle Mountain Gold (NYS…

Riding the crest of a base metals price increase, Brunswick Mining & Smelting (TSE) (as operator) is about to turn a cash- draining property into a cash generator. It’s not official yet — approval fr…

Exploration work on Vedron Ltd.’s (TSE) Timmins property is now geared to defining mineable reserves that are easily accessed by the current underground ramp, the company says. Until mid-September las…

A funding agreement has been concluded with 1988 (No 3) Mintax Mineral Ltd. Partnership under which Mintax will be issued flow- through shares at an aggregate subscription price of $1.5 million, McAd…

At meetings held in Vancouver and in Denver, Colo., shareholders of associated companies Gold Texas Resources (VSE), Crown Resource Corp. (NASDAQ) and Gold Capital Corp. voted in favor of a reorganiza…

At the annual meeting, held recently in Toronto, shareholders got a first-hand look at some of South American Goldfields’ (COATS) ambitious gold projects under way in the jungles of Guyana. President …

Government plays an ever-increasing role in how business operates in Canada, whether it’s primary industries like mining or any other commercial endeavor. But does it matter who sits at the head of th…

Vista Mines (TSE) has completed a 10,000-ton bulk sampling program from its Rio gold deposit in Saskatchewan. The sample yielded an average grade of 0.12 oz gold per ton. Milling was performed at Vist…