Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Big union leaders should be ashamed of how they’re opposing freer trade. Bob White of the autoworkers, Shirley Carr of the clc and Jeff Rose of cupe are all indulging in irresponsible scaremongering o…

An exploration program has been completed on the Kerr property owned by Western Canadian Mining Corp. The program of drilling, trenching and geochemical surveys outlined three target areas which will …

The International Finance Corporation, a division of the World Bank, will participate with Exall Resources in the latter company’s gold project in Ghana, West Africa. In return for arranging financing…

Assay results from the first hole drilled in a 20,000-ft program on the Sam silver property of Faraway Gold Mines near Houston, B.C., indicate one 45-ft section with ore values comparable to the gross…

Volumes were way down on the Vancouver Stock Exchange this week compared to the previous week. Only one issue — Tundra Gold Mines — traded more than a million shares. Last week Tundra traded more th…

Equinox Resources has entered into an agreement with Technigen Corp., giving Technigen a right to acquire up to 40% of Equinox’s interest in the Maude Lake gold property in Ontario. Under a joint vent…

A contract worth about $10 million has been signed by Longyear Canada Inc. of North Bay, Ont., involving diamond drilling on the Lindsley base and precious metals property of Falconbridge Ltd. located…

Your editorial — Mine fatalities study must be nation-wide — is indeed timely. The mining industry does require a greater effort to look into the causes of mine fatalities. However, your assertion t…

A Toronto resident has won 28 oz gold in the “Strike it Rich” contest staged this summer by Ontario Place’s Ontario North Now, in co- operation with the Ontario Mining Association. Winner of the gold,…

Visible gold has been identified in eight of 11 holes logged to date at the joint-venture Dufferin mine gold property in Nova Scotia, Jascan Resources and Novamin Resources/ Breakwater Resources repor…

A merger which would see Royal Apex Silver become part of Coeur d’Alene Mines of Idaho, subject to shareholder and regulatory approval, has been announced. Holders of Royal Apex common stock would rec…

In the 9-month period ended Sept 30, Potash Co. of America, Inc. suffered an unaudited loss of $16.3 million, including an extraordinary charge of $3.9 million for shutdown expenses at its Saskatchewa…