Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The 29th Bancroft Gemboree on the August civic holiday weekend attracted rockhounds from across North America. Prospectors, dealers, New Age crystal healers and tourists came to the central Ontario to…

Subject to regulatory approval, Tundra Gold Mines (VSE) plans to complete a merger with Oneida Resources (VSE) and Golden Pond Resources (VSE) to form a new company, TGO Resources. The amalgamated com…

New mining legislation will open Mexico’s mining industry to increased foreign investment and expanded exploration. For the first time, foreign investors will be permitted up to 100% participation in …

How ridiculous can some of those vociferous, head-in-the-clouds environmentalists, including our own public servants, get? A case in point would have to be a charge against Maybrun Mines, a small isol…

Bill Love appointed director.

Bruce Walker appointed director.

For the first time in almost a decade, The Iron Ore Company of Canada has scheduled downtime at its Labrador City operation because of weak demand for its products. About 1,500 workers were sent home …

Activities related to the hunt for diamonds continue on several fronts across Canada. In the Northwest Territories, Leeward Capital (VSE) and Skeena Resources (VSE) report signing a letter of intent t…

The Second International Conference on Environmental Issues and Management of Waste in Energy and Mineral Production is scheduled for Sept. 1-4 in Calgary, Alta. Organized in part by the University of…

Diamond drilling was started recently on the North Kemess property, 100% owned by El Condor Resources (VSE). The property covers about 11 square miles adjacent and north of the South Kemess property o…

During the 1-year period July, 1991-June, 1992, almost $19 million of assessment work (dollars spent) for mineral claims was submitted in Ontario, the province’s Ministry of Northern Development and M…

Robert Prather elected president and director; J. Robinson appointed director.