Mines in B.C. play it safe
Mines Minister Anne Edwards presented safety awards to 10 British Columbia mines during the province’s Mining Week.The Occupational Health and Safety Committee trophy for the best overall health and s…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
EDITORIAL PAGE — A good deal for Canada
Inco’s recent decision to acquire a 30% direct and indirect interest in the Voisey Bay project is an extraordinary deal for Diamond Fields Resources, which retains a majority stake in the deposit and …
Weaker copper prices predicted
The global copper market will experience a surplus next year, causing average cash prices to fall below US$1 per lb., according to industry analyst Bloomsbury Mineral Economics.In its latest monthly r…
Idaho property attracts new player
A new partner is at hand for the Almaden property in western Idaho.K.-based Compass Capital can earn a 60% interest from Ican Minerals (TSE) by funding a final feasibility study, to be completed by Fe…
EDITORIAL PAGE — Goodbye, Bob Rae
Ontario voters said goodbye and so long to Premier Bob Rae, the well-meaning but hapless leader of the province’s New Democratic Party (NDP). Michael Harris’s “Common Sense Revolution” obviously struc…
Aussie major options Meliadine property
A major mining company has positioned itself to gain a stake in the Meliadine gold property near Rankin Inlet, N.W.T.The joint venture is currently owned by Cumberland Resources (VSE) and Comaplex Min…
Int’l Curator tops treasury
A brokered private placement will raise up to $8.7 million for International Curator Resources (TSE).Sprott Securities will sell a minimum of 1 million and a maximum of 3.5 million special warrants at…
Greenstone’s mine looking rosy
The first bar has been poured at Central America’s largest gold mine, the Santa Rosa.To date, more than 400,000 tonnes of ore have been extracted from the Panamanian open-pit operation, which is owned…
Freewest, Murgor option Labrador nickel anomaly
Partners Freewest Resources (TSE) and Murgor Resources (VSE) have acquired 118 claims in Labrador. The land package is reported to cover a drainage basin which holds one of the highest combined nickel…
Hecla buys kaolin mine in S. Carolina
Silver-producer Hecla Mining (NYSE) has bought a kaolin mine and processing facility from J.M. Huber, a private company.Situated in Langley, S.C., 15 miles from the company’s Aiken operation, the faci…
Echo Bay seeks junior partners for foreign exploration
By swimming with the “fast fish” of the junior mining sector, Echo Bay Mines (TSE) hopes to buoy up reserves, replacing some of its declining North American mine production with new mines in Asia, Afr…
Inco partnership secures future of Diamond Fields
Officials of Diamond Fields Resources (TSE) say the recently formed partnership with Inco (TSE), aimed at advancing the Voisey Bay nickel-copper-cobalt deposit near Nain, Labrador, is a “win-win” situ…