Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Precious MetalsPrice (US$/oz.)ChangeGold$283.10-$1.80Silver$ 5.21+$0.01…

Base metals are no longer the wallflowers of the mining industry, forced to cool their heels while their sexy gilded sisters get trotted around the dance floor. Investors have taken a shine to the ind…

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The University of Toronto’s student chapter of the Society of Economic Geologists will hold a 2-day short course titled VMS Exploration: Concepts and Case Studies on March 2-3, immediately preceding t…

The Cordilleran Roundup, held each year in Vancouver, B.C., is a grand event for the western exploration and mining fraternity (though not quite what it was in its glory years) and an excellent opport…

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Feb. 1/99 (change from Jan. 25 in brackets):Aluminium788725(+9750)…

In spite of some early-year optimism, metal markets are now having to cope with the reality of major increases in stocks on the London Metal Exchange (LME). Copper stocks climbed 27,200 tonnes; alumin…

Owners of the Pickle Crow gold mine in northwestern Ontario say that drilling beneath the 1,600-level has uncovered more mineralization at depth. Plans include deepening the No. 3 shaft to 2,350 ft. T…

The Campbell Red Lake mine continues to expand, following record production of 71,317 tons in 1949. Work is currently focused on opening up a zone 600 ft. from the shaft on the mine’s deepest level. U…

American wildcatter Homer Bradley has long departed this world, but his legacy lives on in the ongoing search for “prairie gold” deposits in the Fort MacKay region of Alberta.In the past decade, sever…

At the 17th annual Cordilleran Round-up, held here in late January, the mining community once again poked its head out from its winter hole to survey the surroundings. The prevailing mood was one of c…