Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Crown Butte — Karl Elers appointed president.Dayton — Scott Brunsdon appointed senior vp and CFO.DiamondWorks — Robert Rainey appointed acting president and CEO; John Firth appointed d…

Amidst all the hype of the internet and high-tech stocks, Dia Met Minerals (DMM-T) is showing just how profitable diamond mining can be.With the global diamond market bolstered by De Beers “Millennium…

Prior to an internal review of the company’s Angostura gold-silver project in Colombia, Kinross Gold (K-T) bought 104,000 shares of Greystar Resources (GSL-T) at 81 each. An additional 400,000 shares…

Mining analysts Doug Leishman and Art Ettlinger are suggesting that speculative investors closely monitor the activities of Cornerstone Capital Resources (CTP-V), a junior company holding a large prop…

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A week ago, base metals markets seemed poised to move out of the recent phase of lethargic trading. However, after some volatility early in the week ended Dec. 10 (notably in aluminium and zinc), pric…

Infill and extension drilling is enabling Goldcorp (G-T) to prove up high grades in new mineralized zones at its mine in Red Lake, Ont.The newest drilling centred on the 34 level, about 1,520 metres d…

William Shaver, referred to in our Dec. 6 issue, is vice-president of the mining services division of Toronto-based Dynatec.Also, in the Nov. 22 issue, a letter to the editor from Jerry Roth about rev…

Partners Newmont Mining (NEM-N) and Sumitomo have shipped the first 30,000 tonnes of concentrates from their massive Batu Hijau copper-gold mine in Indonesia. The shipment was destined for smelters in…

Maude Lake Exploration (MAU-M) has drilled several gold-bearing intersections during a 3,741-metre program recently completed at the Comtois prospect, 15 km west of Lebel-sur-Quvillon, Que.The junior…