Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A favorable production decision is expected on the Ketza River prope rty, says C.D. Stewart, President of Pacific Trans Ocean Resources, which holds a 50% interest in this Yukon gold project. As part …

The French Ministry of Industry is planning an open file presentatio n on the results of the French Mining Inventory on gold. Scheduled for Dec 16, the presentation will take place at the Paris School…

A large 48,000-ft diamond drilling program has started on the Larder Lake, Ont., property controlled by Kerr Addison Mines and Eldor Resources. Funded by Northfield Minerals and Northern Ranger Oil an…

The first successful heap leach test ever in northern Ontario has be en completed by Pamour Porcupine Inc., and the company is gearing up for commercial production next year. The success of the test h…

Silver production from Nevada helped finance the civil war and the metal’s name appears on state licence plates. But far from being the Silver State, Nevada is becoming known as a gold producer — lot…

In the Nov 17 issue of The Northern Miner, in a story concerning the Cobalt silver property of Silverside Resources, it was incorrectly stated that mining, milling, trucking and refining would cost an…

Mining needs all the help it can get these days, so on general princ iple it can hardly fault the Association of Mining Municipalities of Ontario for a submission it made recently at a conference on n…

After six years of legal proceedings, Belmoral Mines may finally cle ar its name of criminal charges in connection with the death of eight miners at its Val d’Or, Que., gold mine — or it could just b…

With approximately $60 million in its treasury, Dickenson Mines has a 2-fold purpose: it is looking to acquire additional North American producing gold operations in addition to maximizing production …

An amalgamation has been approved by the boards of directors of Disc overy Mines, Midcon Oil & Gas and Yellowknife Bear Resources. The companies will form Discovery Corp. Discovery shareholders will r…

For most of us, gold trading is a mysterious business at best. From the five bankers who set the bullion price in London twice each day to gold smugglers in Bangkok, most North Americans know very lit…

Narrow mineralization has been intersected by Noranda Exploration on the company’s optioned gold property near Silverton, B.C. The ground is held under option from Andaurex Resources. Noranda complete…