Articles by Northern Miner Staff

One of the world’s most prolific underground and surface diamond drilling contractors, N. Morissette Canada Inc. has drilled more than 55 million ft. of diamond drill core since its founding in 1926. …

Neither fear of a Mid-East war nor a sharp increase in the price of crude oil could engender much enthusiasm for gold stocks on The Toronto Stock Exchange during the week ended Oct. 9. But, in the cur…

Thunder Bay, Ont., has played a direct part, as has all of Northern Ontario, in the mining community. In many respects, northern Ontario, as well as northern Quebec, have been the seminal geographic f…

To anyone who has never lived in the north, the importance of mining may not be readily apparent. There are no well-publicized statistics on the role mining plays in the economies of northern areas of…

Although mining has not historically been a key economic factor in the Thunder Bay area, exploration activity has continued to be strong with a significant growth trend. According to the Thunder Bay E…

The situation in Quebec has been rather quiet on the taxation front in the past year, except for the federal Goods and Services Tax (GST), where partisanship has stirred controversy. The 7% GST is now…

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…