During the past several months, I have enjoyed reading the news and activities on the exciting diamond front in the Northwest Territories. I do question, however, The Northern Miner’s role in fuelling…
Alexander Daniel (Danny) Hellens, a consulting mining engineer who cut his teeth in the business in Ontario’s Cobalt silver camp, died recently in Toronto. He was 81. Born in Elk Lake, Ont., in 1911, …
All was quiet on the eastern stock markets during the week ended Aug. 25 with investors taking time out to bask in the first spell of sunny, hot weather to descend on central Canada all summer. The To…
Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $340.35 + $1.75 Silver* $ 3.65 – $0.15 Platinum* $349.50 + $1.75 Nickel** $ 3.30 + $0.04 Lead** $ 0.30 + $0.01 Copper $ 1.14 – $0.02 Zinc $ 0.63 + $0.01 Courtesy of Scot…
MSV Resources (ME) says it will sell the more than 1.5 million shares of VSM Exploration (TSE) it owns to Cambior (TSE) at 50 cents per share. MSV also plans to sell to Cambior any shares it purchases…
A proposed merger between Canarc Resource (VSE), Suntac Minerals (VSE) and Rembrandt Gold Mines (ASE) recently received shareholder approval and the companies expect to obtain court approval shortly. …
After over a year-long search for a major project, Pacific Sentinel Gold (VSE) announced it plans to merge with Big Creek Resources (VSE). The companies expect to merge on a one-for-one basis subject …
Mexico’s 1992 Mining Law, which went into effect in June and which regulates Article 27 of the country’s constitution, lays the groundwork for bolstering the industry and its competitiveness, without …
An agreement recently signed between CopperQuest (CDN) and Zacherra Holdings will give CopperQuest the option to purchase three mineral leases in Kidd Twp., Ont. The leases lie just west of ground hel…
Sentencing of those held responsible for a 1990 tailings spill near Elk Lake, Ont., has been postponed until the autumn. In July, Matachewan Consolidated Mines (TSE), its president Richard McCloskey a…
Calgary-based Flag Resources (ASE) says it has found surface iron and copper-sulphide mineralization within a 3,000 ft.-long airborne magnetic and coinciding VLF anomaly on its 24,000-acre Wanapitei h…
The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) says it won’t prosecute in the case of a $34-million investor immigrant fund which left 230 Asian investors in a state of anger. Claude Resources (TSE) used the…
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