I have been a subscriber to The Northern Miner for more than 30 years (and my late brother Nial was a subscriber before that). Personally, I have been engaged in prospecting and mining and am now acti…
Several mining companies are gearing up to begin exploration programs on properties near the Pipeline gold discovery of Placer Dome in Crescent Valley, Nev. Noranda Exploration is about to begin, on b…
A graduate program on mine waste issues is now available at Montana Tech in Butte, Mont. The program is designed to train students to identify and test technologies for mineral waste cleanup.
A test phase of mining has been completed by Cigar Lake Mining at its Cigar Lake uranium deposit in northern Saskatchewan. The pilot project demonstrated that the high-grade orebody can be safely mine…
Toronto-based consulting firm Watts, Griffis and McOuat (WGM) has reached a joint venture agreement with Almazy Rossia-Sakha of Russia to provide exclusive diamond exploration and mining services to t…
John Sadowski appointed vice-president, exploration.
The South Pipeline deposit in Nevada’s Crescent Valley is now estimated to host a preliminary reserve of about 10 million tons grading 0.12 oz. gold per ton at a cutoff grade of 0.05 oz. gold. The est…
Jack Johnston appointed director.
To suppress methane buildup and prevent cave-ins, Curragh (TSE) has flooded about 60% of the Westray coal mine in Nova Scotia. Westray was closed last May after an explosion killed 26 miners working u…
Results from a continuing exploration program at the Talapoosa gold property in Nevada have Athena Gold (VSE) confident the project is advancing as planned. Pegasus Gold (TSE), operator of the joint v…
A public information session is to be held soon in Thunder Bay, Ont., to discuss environmental permitting for Madeleine Mines’ (TSE) Lac des Iles project. Madeleine hopes to bring its palladium-platin…
A positive new investment climate is evident in the Northwest Territories now that the Inuit land claim has been settled. The negative attitude expressed by retired publisher emeritus M.R. Brown (“Car…
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