Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Pierre Lassonde  served as the evening's master of ceremonies. Credit: Keith Houghton Photography

Canadian Mining Hall of Fame welcomes five industry leaders

The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame’s (CMHF) 28th induction ceremony in mid-January at the Fairmont Royal York hotel in Toronto honoured five industry leaders — Keith Brimacombe, Harold Williams, Stewart Blusson, Louis Gignac and…




A map showing the elevation of the 6,700 sq. km region where Geoscience BC conducted an airborne magnetic survey in west-central British Columbia.Credit: Geoscience BC

Geoscience BC tables mag survey of central BC for explorers

VANCOUVER — Bruce Madu, vice-president of minerals and mining for Geoscience BC, has already lined up interesting targets from the latest airborne magnetic survey the organization flew last year over west-central B.C., but he’s…



TSX ends mixed, Feb. 1-5

Toronto’s S&P/TSX Composite Index slipped 0.5% to 12,763.99 after a poor jobs report, while oil prices dropped and gold prices rebounded. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 9.4% to 45.25, while the S&P/TSX Capped Diversified…


US markets slide, Feb. 1-5

Persisting fears of a global economic slowdown — along with mixed economic data in the U.S., and uncertainty about whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this year — sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 1.6% to…


Gold bars at Lake Shore Gold's Bell Creek mill in Ontario. Credit: Lake Shore Gold

Tahoe bids $945M for Lake Shore Gold

Tahoe Resources (TSX: THO; NYSE: TAHO) is set to buy Toronto-based junior producer Lake Shore Gold (TSX: LSG; NYSE-MKT: LSG) in a $945-million, all-share bid, with analysts on both sides of the deal approving.




Credit: SilverCrest Mines

Executive compensation proves resilient

As if investors weren’t gloomy enough these days. Now a survey of 100 leading companies in the mining industry suggests that executive compensation has been slow to adapt to the sector downturn, and more disturbing, that “there…


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