Articles by Northern Miner Staff

An old hand at exploring the Guiana Shield, Golden Star Resources (TSE) established a presence in 1984 when it began looking for gold in Guyana. It is a veteran explorer in this area of South America …

The signing of the Whitehorse Mining Initiative (WMI) Leadership Accord is a major achievement that will have a significant impact on Canadian mining practices and policies. That is the consensus of t…

Lithium is in a class of its own. While almost every other metal is selling at substantially less than its 1973 price, lithium is doing the opposite. The 1993 price of lithium carbonate (in constant 1…

Victor Tanaka appointed vice-president of exploration.

Gordon Zelko appointed vice-president of public relations.

As the domestic diamond scene matures, more and more Canadian juniors are moving offshore. One of the most popular hunting grounds is Africa, which for most of this century has supplied the vast major…

The “NWT Diamonds” project has come a long way since Charles Fipke and Stewart Blusson began looking for diamonds in North America in the early 1980s. At the outset, many regarded the initiative as do…

As the persistent pace of diamond exploration in the Northwest Territories testifies, the race for placing the first Canadian diamond mine into production is far from over. Still greater evidence is t…

Malcolm Slack appointed director.

James Tilsley appointed director.

Ross Blusson appointed director.

Despite recent disappointing results from exploration in the Northwest Territories, companies are quietly continuing to explore other areas of the country. Four areas of note within Ontario and Quebec…