Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Contrary to what some may think, the Red Dog mine in northwestern Alaska has not been built on a grand scale — four 85-ton trucks, a couple of loaders and drills. Practically any medium-sized heap le…

Situated 110 km northwest of Stewart, B.C., the Johnny Mountain gold mine has geological reserves of 796,000 tonnes grading 18.9 g per tonne. The gold vein deposit is owned by Skyline Gold Corp. Coppe…

Feb 6-9, Vancouver, B.C. Annual Cordilleran Roundup. Sponsored by the B.C. & Yukon Chamber of Mines, B.C. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Geological Survey of Canada, Dept. of India…

It is common for one of the parties to a joint venture to have a particular wish to be the operator. This desire often arises when the party putting up the money wants to have control over how its mon…

In 1951, the MacLeod Cockshutt gold mine near Geraldton, Ont., hired the rangy, 16-year-old son of one of its miners. The boy had just graduated from high school, tops in a sparse class of only seven….

It’s easy to forget that the multi million-dollar industry runs as much on people as it does on mines and stocks. In 1989, some in the business made millions while others lost all. Murray Pezim, for o…

Henry George, an ardent American proponent of free trade 100 years age, made these comments which still hold meaning today: It might be in the interest of lighting companies to restrict the number a…

A swing back to base metals and a renewed interest in copper highlighted the past year’s mineral exploration season despite a significant downturn, a federal geologist told the annual Geoscience Forum…

From The Gold Monitor , published by M. Murenbeeld & Associates of Victoria, B.C. But even if the ruble was backed by gold, would we in the West hold it? I doubt it. Not only is history full of cent…

Euralba Mining, an Australian company, has been granted an extension on an option agreement by Fleck Resources (VSE). Under the terms of their new agreement, Euralba has the right to exercise its righ…

Pegasus Gold (TSE) has declared a 10 cents (US) dividend on its common shares payable Jan 5 to shareholders of record Dec 22.

Now that mill improvements have been completed at the Johnny Mountain gold mine in northwestern British Columbia, Skyline Gold (TSE) is expecting a 16% increase in gold production and lower unit produ…