Poor choice of headline
Having been a long time reader of your publication, I am disappointed by how negative you can sometimes be about our industry.In particular, I draw your attention to the headline above an article deal…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
IMA ups allotment in financing
Vancouver — Investor demand has prompted IMA Exploration (IMR-V) to increase both the allotment size and price of its latest financing.The original, $1.2 million non-brokered private placement consis…
Letter to the editor: U.S. reader assails Chretien
If Canada desires to follow a narrow-minded, provincial Quebecois as its leader, so be it. You make your bed, . . .In the future, I hope other Americans remember Canada’s spinelessness. Actually it is…
New Macassa discovery shapes up
Follow-up underground drilling has extended the newly discovered D zone at the Macassa mine, west of Kirkland Lake, Ont.Kirkland Lake Gold (kgi-t) sunk six stepout holes on 15-to-30-metre centres from…
Two upstarts challenge the coal giants
Last year’s deals between Fording Coal, Sherritt International (s-t), the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, and Teck Cominco (tek-t) neatly divided the world of Canadian coal production; thermal coal as…
EXTECH IV brings co-op spirit to Athabasca Basin
According to government figures, the amount of nuclear energy used in the production of world electrical power between 1971 and 1990 jumped more than eight times, from 2% to 17%. In 2001, Saskatchewan…
Golds flat as broad market rebounds
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index advanced 27.56 points to end the April 2-8 report period at 6,438.71 as the U.S.-led coalition marched into Baghdad and raised hopes for a quick co…
Ivanhoe expands Far North with high-grade gold-copper zone
The discovery of deep high-grade copper-gold mineralization in stepout drilling on the Far North zone in Mongolia’s South Gobi region is changing the complexion of the Turquoise Hill project.Ivanhoe M…
Northern Orion joins Wheaton
Vancouver — the Unidentified Third Party That Agreed to Share the Us$180-Million Price Tag for a 25% Stake in the Bajo De La Alumbrera Gold-Copper Project Has Been Unmasked. Northern Orion Exploratio…
Andes cuts new zone at San Jose
Vancouver — Spokane-based Minera Andes (MAI-V) has intersected a new zone of high-grade gold and silver mineralization at its San Jose project in southern Argentina.The best drill intercept returned …
Suncor unveils $3b expansion plan
Calgary-based integrated oil giant Suncor Energy (su-t) intends to spend C$3 billion to boost its projected daily oil-sands output to 330,000 barrels by the end of 2007 from 260,000 barrels in 2005.Th…
Glencairn plants itself at Bellavista
Miramar, Costa Rica — A strong sense of goodwill has gone a long way toward advancing the Bellavista gold project, about 3 km northeast of this small coastal community.In early 2002, Glencairn Gold (…