Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Investment opportunities worldwide are so great that businesses can afford to be selective about where to invest their capital. Cuba, however, is not the most desirable investment target, according to…

The new Moab gold mine in South Africa is expected to produce 293 tons of bullion annually, Anglo American’s gold division chairman said recently in Cape Town. Clem Sunter told an investment conferenc…

Shareholders have approved an amalgamation between Goldpost Resources (TSE) and Antares Mining & Exploration. The new company is also called Antares Mining & Exploration. Goldpost shareholders will re…

The state of Alaska filed a US$29-billion lawsuit this summer against the U.S. government to compensate for revenue it claims it has lost by Washington’s closing of mineral-rich federal land. The fede…

VSE-listed Randstrom Manufacturing has added to its Mexican holdings by agreeing to acquire El Sultan, a gold project in Zacatecas state. An agreement, subject to regulatory approval, allows the compa…

Bishop Resources, soon to be trading on the Montreal Exchange’s unlisted market, has moved a small, sluice-box-style “concentrator” onto its Guadalupe gold property in Mexico. The aim is to test the p…

Although the occurrence of diamonds in glacial drift in southern Ontario is well documented, few people are aware that kimberlite dykes have been recognized in two localities just north of Lake Ontari…

There are two commercial diamond mines in Australia, the Argyle mine of Ashton Mining and CRA, and the Bow River operation of Normandy Poseidon. Both are in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. …

As it continues to search for a buyer of its Fish Lake deposit near Williams Lake, B.C., Taseko Mines (TSE) has hired Kilborn Engineering Pacific to complete a prefeasibility study. Minable reserves w…

It scarcely needs saying that diamond excitement looms large in the Northwest Territories, but base metals and gold are also moving into the picture. About 400 km southwest of Coronation Gulf lies one…

When you think of diamond mining, South Africa comes immediately to mind, followed closely, perhaps, by a trio of other major southern Africa producer nations: Angola, Botswana and Namibia. Further no…

Things may be quiet now, but, come autumn, the diamond play near Kirkland Lake, Ont., is expected to gain momentum. By then, the major players will have finished evaluating results from early spring a…