Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Quebec Explorers plans to spend $1.3 million for exploration aimed at increasing reserves on its Dubuisson Twp. property in northwestern Quebec from 440,000 tons grading 0.21 oz gold per ton already i…

Drilling has added to reserves at the Dubuisson Twp., Que., gold project operated by Aumine Exploration for partners Goldstack Resources and Sullivan Mines. A 23,000-ft drill program completed this mo…

A new mining research facility has been opened in the Abitibi- Temiscamingue region of northwestern Quebec. The facility is housed in the sciences department of the College de l’Abitibi-Temiscamingue …

Every year at about this time senior officials at mining companies across the country summon underlings to their executive suites for private consultations. What is the subject of the high level huddl…

In light of the Ivan Boesky insider trading scandal in the United States which rocked stock markets, the Ontario government — a leader in regulating Canadian securities — is going to tighten up its …

The latest offer by Noranda Minerals’ Horne Division in Noranda, Que., to striking workers has been rejected. Members of the CNTU voted 71.5% in favor of rejecting the company’s final offer for a new …

Positive cash flow from mining operations at the San Andres open pit in Honduras is funding mine expansion, partners Milner Consolidated Silver Mines and Madeleine Mines say. Both companies hold a 25….

On Nov 24, in an article published about Lac’s appeal, one of your reporters, Jim Borland, included in his report a reference to a Buffalo-based criminologist taking notes about judges hearing the cas…

A prefeasibility study is under way on the Golden Harker property held by Lenora Explorations. Located near Kirkland Lake, Ont., the property is being considered for underground exploration, Lenora sa…

Terramar Resource Corp. confirms that dewatering of its Reid mine in California is well advanced. The program commenced in mid-July and included exploration work for vertical and lateral extensions of…

Field work is under way at several of Troymin Resources’ properties, including its Babine Lake Silver prospect in B.C., its gold prospect at Tabor Lake near Dryden, Ont. and at a newly optioned gold b…

The Quebec government has announced it will be reducing the deduction for investments in mineral exploration through flow- through shares. So far the move to reduce the current 166.6% deduction for in…