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The Northern Miner has received a number of enquiries recently concerning the corporate restructuring of Black Hawk Mining. They wanted to know who are the principles behind this restructuring and wha…

Drill testing at Algo Resources’ Adams Lake plateau gold and silver prospect is expected to resume immediately. President Errol Hemingson said that under the phase 2 program, his company plans 4,000 f…

While growing tensions in the Persian Gulf propelled gold prices to $467(US) per oz, it was platinum which had investors racing to buy up shares of two Alberta issues. Trading on a volume of 952,900, …

The North American title for the largest gold reserve base goes to Newmont Gold Co. Newmont Gold, which is an affiliate of Newmont Mining Corp, controls properties hosting proven and probable reserves…

Exploration crews on Windflower Mining’s Goldfinch property in the Revelstoke division of British Columbia have discovered a new mineralized zone of quartz- carbonate vein and quartz stockwork along S…

Somebody is trying to throw a monkey wrench into Placer Development’s plans to merge with Dome Mines and Campbell Red Lake — and ironically it’s a former Placer executive. Out of the blue, Pamour Inc…

North America’s only producing platinium group metals (pgm) mine just south of here has been in operation for only four months. But already, plans are being laid by the operator, Stillwater Mining, to…

A first-phase drill program has been completed on Multinational Resources’ Toodoggone area property north of Smithers, B.C. Sixteen holes aggregating 5,036 ft were drilled to test the B zone along str…

A revival is in the works for The Lithium Corp. of Canada. The company, whose Manitoba beginnings can be traced back to 1934, has joined in the hunt for gold. The Lithium Corp., which owns or has inte…

There’s been a lot of talk lately, impelled by a good deal of media exposure and of course by somewhat astonishing by-election victories, about the possibility of a New Democratic Party government at …

Despite the fact that Canada imposed strict controls on acid- rain-causing emissions from smelters and coal-burning utilities in 1984, our friends south of the border have steadfastly refused to follo…

A bout of profit-taking capped another record-smashing week on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Fueled by increasing tensions in the Persian Gulf, gold bullion prices soared on Aug 3 to $478(US) per oz. At…