Articles by Northern Miner Staff

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…

INCO LTD – Hon. John Black Aird elected a director.

Milling of ore at a rate of 6,000 tons per day from the Harvard open pit is scheduled to begin this week at Sonora Gold Corp’s Jamestown gold mine in California. For the management of Sonora, the anno…

Additional surface diamond drilling is being performed by Aunore Resources and partner Nova Beaucage Mines on their joint ventured Elder mine property near Rouyn, Que. The work is designed to test f…

The first underground drill hole, completed from the 1,800-ft level of the shutdown Lamaque gold mine near Val d’Or, Que., has intersected encouraging gold mineralization, partners Teck Corp. and Tund…