Articles by Northern Miner Staff

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…

The legal battle for control of the Mt. Milligan gold-copper deposit, north of Prince George, B.C., took another turn as Continental Gold (VSE) filed a countersuit against BP Resources Canada. Several…

Drill results at the CNE zinc- lead-silver property near Bathurst, N.B., appear to have brought some post-Christmas cheer to the shareholders of Stratabound Minerals. During the holiday week ended Dec…

The Toronto Stock Exchange recently released its third major Canadian share ownership study of the decade. The publication, titled Canadian Shareowners: Their Profile and Attitudes, shows the dramati…

Explorers who found the wreck of a 19th-century steamboat off South Carolina two years ago are hauling up a trove of gold coins and bars that could be worth up to $1 billion. The booty aboard the SS C…

Cameco has extended the annual summer shutdown at its Blind River and Port Hope uranium refineries to four months in 1990. Both facilities will be shut down in mid-June and will resume operations in O…