Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A submission by the Ontario Mining Association (OMA) maintains that a report on lung cancer in the hardrock mining industry presents no evidence that the disease is caused by current mining exposures….

The takeover battle for gold-producer Lac Minerals (TSE) has come to a satisfactory conclusion for American Barrick Resources (TSE). Barrick acquired more than 80% of Lac’s common shares on a fully di…

Montreal-listed Tiomin Resources has an agreement-in-principle to acquire a private Panamanian company and earn a majority interest in the Cerro Colorado copper deposit in Panama’s Chiriqui province. …

The general state of the Peruvian economy is improving dramatically, with inflation down to below 40% against many hundreds — if not thousands — per cent in the past. The influx of foreign capital i…

Canada’s first overseas diamond producer, Redaurum (TSE), plans to increase annual production at its 50%-owned River Ranch mine in Zimbabwe to more than 400,000 carats. Earlier this year, the company …

— 1994 — Sep 6 Sep 5 Sep 2 Sep 1 Aug 31 High Low Composite”300″ 4347.17 N/A 4344.22 4344.34 4349.50 4609.93 3518.31 Metals&Minerals 4058.75 N/A 4071.17 4066.32 4093.80 4096.72 3273.56 Integrated Min…

The Lac de Gras region of the Northwest Territories was back in the spotlight as results were released of a mini bulk sample from the Yamba Lake joint venture of Tanqueray Resources (ASE) and Mill Cit…

With the first shipment of copper concentrates having been delivered last month, the Louvicourt copper-zinc-gold operation appears to be safely on track. The deposit, near Val d’Or, Que., is being dev…

During the past two years, Greenstone Resources (TSE) has been negotiating to secure a position in a producing gold mine within a prospective mineral district of Nicaragua. These negotiations came to …

A subsidiary of Rayrock Yellowknife Mines (TSE) has signed an agreement concerning a joint venture on part of the Gold Bar claim block, owned by Atlas (NYSE). Rayrock can earn a 60% undivided interest…

A wholly owned subsidiary of Eastern Stone Products (ASE), Belmont Rose Granite, will receive a maximum grant of $66,150 under the Ontario Mineral Incentive Program (OMIP). The subsidiary has also rec…

The government of the Mexican state of Sinaloa has agreed to provide the required infrastructure to support the Santo Tomas copper-gold-silver project of Exall Resources (TSE). The company estimates t…