Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The local gold and diamond miners association has warmly greeted news that the government is finally going to address the problem of encroachment on Guyanese lands by miners from neighboring countries…

A decision to stay 18 safety-related charges against the owner of the Westray coal mine in Nova Scotia and four managers was announced recently by the province’s chief prosecutor. A methane explosion …

A financing advisory agreement has been signed with IBK Capital Corp. of Toronto, Menora Resources (ME) reports. The junior says IBK will, among other things, arrange financing of not less than $5.25 …

Just over a year ago, International Musto Explorations (VSE) signed an agreement to acquire the Bajo de la Alumbrera copper-gold deposit in the province of Catamarca, northwestern Argentina. The junio…

Well, sirs, I first heard of Anyox, B.C., way back in 1935 when I met a fellow riding the freight trains. (That seemed the thing to do in those days.) “I just came from Anyox,” he told me. “Worked in …

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Having enjoyed more then 10 unbroken years of democratic government and offering some of the most favorable investment rules in Latin America, Bolivia looks increasingly promising to mineral investors…

A syndicate of 14 “respected risk-takers” led by Robert Ginn has launched a $250,000 drilling program in the old business district of Timmins, Ont. The drilling, centred east of the railway station, w…

By July of this year, the Canadian unit of Homestake Mining (NYSE) expects to submit an application to government for permission to build a mine at the Eskay Creek project, north of Stewart, B.C. “We …

A deep hole to test the centre of the western magnetic peak of the Wanapitei anomaly near Sudbury, Ont., is under way, reports Flag Resources (ASE). Flag has a 100% interest in 26,000 acres covering t…

The mining assets of Westminer Canada, including the Copper Rand and Portage mines and the 3,000-ton-per-day concentrator in Chibougamau, Que., have been purchased by MSV Resources (ME), which wants t…

We may never know what finally persuaded Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to announce his resignation, but we hope it had nothing to do with the current languishing conditions of the mining industry. Fir…