Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Crimes and culpability

Two court judgments, both delivered just before Christmas, are instructive not just for their content but for the way they let daylight in upon the magic of judicial thinking in Canada. It’s hard to pass up such a golden opportunity to see the ins…


Don’t hide mining generosity

The Dec. 26 earthquake off the coast of Indonesia and the tsunami that followed caused a disaster and tragedy that devastated countries around the Indian Ocean. In many of these countries, mining companies are exploring for and exploiting natural…


Canadian Stock Exchange Indices (January 10, 2005)


Partners bouyed by Windfall results

Reconnaissance drilling by equal partners Freewest Resources (FWR-V) and Murgor Resources (MUG-V) has uncovered three gold zones on their Windfall property in northwestern Quebec.


Sun shines on Sterling Mining

Vancouver — Sterling Mining (SRLM-O) has begun redeveloping the past-producing Sunshine silver mine in Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene district.



Western Troy aims drills at Macleod Lake

Following induced-polarization surveys at its Macleod Lake property in north-central Quebec, Western Troy Capital Resources (WRY-V) plans to drill eight chargeability anomalies.


From left to right: Pierre Jeansomme, geological technician and Michel Lafleur, mine captain, underground in the machine shop at Wesdome's Kiena mine.

Wesdome Gold Mines – hitting gold underground

Lac de Montigny, Que. — Wesdome Gold Mines (WDG-V) has renewed exploration and development, and intersected significant gold at the past-producing Kiena mine, on an island 10 km west of Val d’Or.


WGI sustains minor damage by tsunami

Vancouver — WGI Heavy Minerals (WG-T) sustained only minimal damage following the devastating tsunami that claimed an unprecedented number of lives in coastal areas of the Indian Ocean, particularly South Asia.



TSX stumbles off the blocks

The Toronto Stock Exchange ended 2004 on a sour note, dropping 17.75 points to end at 9,246.65 on Dec. 31. Still, that’s 1,025.8 points, or 12.5%, better than at the end of 2003. The holiday-shortened Dec. 29-to-Jan. 4 report period saw the TSX co…


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