Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Kelowna-based Dia Met Minerals (VSE) has discovered a gem- quality macrodiamond and a cubic microdiamond within one of the company’s joint venture claim groups. Dia Met director Charles Fipke only ide…

Mining, and especially mining- related activities, are an expanding contributor to the economy of the Rouyn-Noranda district in Quebec, where minerals worth some $365 million were produced in 1989. Th…

Murray Pezim may have had his wings clipped to some extent by an investigation into trading activity involving some of his companies. But the Vancouver promoter obviously hasn’t lost his sense of timi…

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P.T. International Nickel Indonesia (P.T.INCO) has declared an interim dividend in respect of 1990 of US35 cents, payable Oct. 25 to shareholders of record as of Sept. 25.

All has been quiet lately on the Val d’Or, Que., exploration front as litigation over the discovery of Aur Resources (TSE) and Societe Miniere Louvem (TSE) and a lack of available funding has slowed t…

Geophysical anomalies on the Captain base metal property 50 miles south of Bathurst, N.B., will be the target of a 1-rig drilling program by earn-in partner Consolidated Rhodes Resources (VSE). Rhodes…

Junior mining company Ressources Val d’Or (ME) plans to transfer its rights to 80% of the Vendome zinc project in the Val d’Or area of Quebec to private firm Bullion Monarch Canada Resources. The new …

The largest city in Canada with a geographic size of 1,240 square miles, Timmins, Ont., bills itself as a “world-class” mining camp with plans to retain that reputation. With a population of 47,000, s…

Hoping to develop a high-grade copper deposit near Chibougamau, Que., Seabright Explorations (TSE) has entered into a letter of understanding with Corner Bay Resources. Seabrex plans to acquire the pr…

Kirkland Lake is a traditional northern Ontario mining town now poised on the threshold of a major diversification to its economic base. The ambitious moves were necessitated, in part, by the serious …

Mississauga-based Ortech International will host a 2-day workshop on technology transfer, Nov. 19-20, at the Ramada Hotel, Airport West, Toronto, Ont. The focus is on emerging technologies for metal a…