LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Head in the sand
I have been a subscriber to The Northern Miner for about four years and I am appalled at the pathetic reporting on International Precious Metals (T.N.M., April 28/97).It is obvious that The Miner has …
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DIAMOND PAGE — Cypango walks from Afridi Lake
Diamond explorer Cypango Ventures (CAV-V) has dropped its option to earn a 51% interest in the Afridi Lake property in the Northwest Territories.During a drilling program last spring, Cypango intersec…
ODDS ‘N’ SODS — Eldorado the beautiful, Part 1
Franz Johnston, one of Canada’s Group of Seven painters, had a love of the Canadian north and spent the winter of 1938-39 painting at a remote mining camp above the Arctic Circle.In late 1938, mining …
DIAMOND PAGE — SouthernEra tests lake targets in N.W.T.
Northeast of Camsell Lake, at the Mackay-Back Lakes diamond project in the Northwest Territories, SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) is drill-Testing high-priority geophysical targets.Six key kimberlite-in…
DIAMOND PAGE — Rovic may be resuscitated
Botswana Diamondfields (BWO-V) is considering resuming production at its idle Rovic diamond mine in Botswana following an accident last year, which killed 20 workers.The company says mining of the rem…
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COMMENTARY — Ontario’s regulatory process a source of frustration for miners
One of the key determinants of the cost of undertaking mineral exploration and extraction activities is the regulatory process to which these activities must be subjected for approval.In recent years,…
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Cameco gets nod for McArthur River
The Saskatchewan government has given its consent to Saskatoon-based Cameco (CCO-T) to develop the McArthur River uranium project.Situated 620 km north of Saskatoon, the project has a resource of 416 …
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