Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Redstone Resources Inc. (TSE) has gained a new lease on life in the robust fold of Franco Nevada Mining Corp. (TSE), shareholders were told at Redstone’s recent annual meeting. Debt-free and with $1.3…

Excited investors continued wheeling and dealing at a feverish pace in the Val d’Or triplets — Aur Resources, Louvem Mining and St. Genevieve Resources. The rush to buy shares was sparked two weeks a…

With a banner year for earnings behind it and another one shaping up, Mineral Resources International (TSE) continues scanning the horizon for new opportunities and sources of revenue. “We could easil…

Seeking a foothold in the U.S., Malartic Hygrade Gold Mines (VSE) of Toronto has acquired the Congress gold mine in Arizona from Echo Bay Minerals (TSE). The deal gives Echo Bay 400,000 Malartic commo…

Gold output at the Kettle River project of Echo Bay Mines (TSE) and Crown Resources (NASDAQ) is expected to reach about 110,000 oz in the first year, 33,000 oz of that total accruing to Crown Resource…

Placer Dome (TSE) has completed the purchase of a 60% interest in the Paymaster gold project at Timmins, Ont. American Reserve Mining (VSE) has received $18.2 million in cash for the sale of both the …

Toronto-based Noranda Inc. (TSE) is quietly positioning itself to take advantage of a massive sulphide discovery reported recently by Aur Resources (TSE) and Societe Miniere Louvem (TSE) at the Louvic…

Cutting the ribbon to officially open the Magnacon mine, (left to right) Jack McAdam, president of Flanagan McAdam Resources; Ruth Ditto representing Windarra Minerals; and Terry Flanagan, president o…

Exploration staff at several mining companies have been reduced in the past six months in an effort to cut costs and keep overhead costs to a minimum. Exploration is commonly the first area to be cut …

Management at the Campbell Red Lake mine in northwestern Ontario takes its rock mechanics seriously. “They form an integral part of our ground support system,” S.M. Reid, mine manager of the Placer Do…

When the fatal fire in 1987 closed Wthe E Zone mine at Murdochville, Que., management at Noranda Minerals didn’t have a difficult choice to make as far as the smelter was concerned. The 70,000-tonne-p…

Shareholders of Westmin Resources (TSE) voted overwhelmingly in favor of a reorganization that will see the company’s oil and gas assets sold to Norcen Energy Resources, an affiliated Calgary-based oi…