Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) recently told federal, provincial and territorial mines ministers that it is stepping up efforts to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions…

If you think drilling core from a comet travelling in space sounds like science fiction, you’re probably not alone. But Darryl Lake, chief executive officer of the Northern Centre for Advanced Technol…

Former prospector Frank Hoey is literally 100 years young.At the one-century mark, Hoey still lives on his own, reads without glasses, owns a baseball cap with the words “Frank The Rock Hoey” printed …

Debt-burdened Northgate Exploration (NGX-T) is trying to accomplish something Peggy Witte’s Royal Oak Mines couldn’t do — turn the Kemess mine, 300 km northwest of Mackenzie, B.C., into an economical…

“Perseverance” may well have been the unofficial theme of this year’s joint convention of the Quebec Prospectors Association (APQ) and the Quebec Association of Professional Geologists and Geophysicis…

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Corner Bay Minerals (BAY-T) has recently completed an 8,100-metre drill program on its Alamo Dorado silver-gold project in Sonora, Mexico.An independent consulting firm is evaluating the results. A ne…

Sept. 18 Lorex — annual, generalSept. 19 First Narrows — annual; 10 a.m., Chateau Frontenac, 1 rue des Carrieres, Que.Sept. 19 Mazarin — annual, generalSept. 20 Amarc Res.

A drill program by Globex Mining Enterprises (GMX-T) will further test the Lyndhurst massive sulphide discovery near Rouyn-Noranda, Que. Also under way is a stripping program at a nickel-platinum grou…

Sept. 25-26 6th Annual Conference on Environmental Law & Regulation in Alberta — Calgary, Alta. Contact Canadian Institute. Tel: (877) 927-7936. Web site: www.canadianinstitute.com.

I recently read The Great Years by Lewis Green, on the history of the Bridge River gold mines in British Columbia. Green, a former Geological Survey of Canada geologist, begins by outlining the early …