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Geoscientists in short supply

The red flags have been up for years: there are simply not enough students entering the earth sciences to sustain the mining and petroleum sector….


Wind farms mostly benign

Wind energy is the fastest-growing electricity source on the planet today, and for good reason: it is becoming increasingly competitive with traditional electricity sources and has a very low environm…


Roy Lloyd

Roy Lloyd, a Saskatchewan government employee who helped establish Cameco — now the largest uranium producer in the world — has died of cancer. He was 64….


Hecla drills extension

Hecla Mining (HL-N) says it expects to make a decision in the last half of the year on whether to go underground on the Hugh Zone, a deep extension of the main vein now mined out at…


Kimber sees Carmen look-alike at Carotare

Vancouver — The coming year promises to be a busy one for Kimber Resources (KBR-T, KBX-X), which plans to advance its Carmen gold-silver deposit to feasibility while exploring two…


It’s never easy to say goodbye

The Northern Miner is part of a close-knit group of people who also produce the Canadian Mining Journal and the Canadian and American Mines Handbook….


Partners test Moore Lake (January 09, 2006)

The last batch of holes from a summer drilling campaign on the Moore Lake uranium project in Saskatchewan contains more encouraging results for partners International Uranium (IUC-T…


McEwen adds Minera Andes to roster

Vancouver — Minera Andes (MAI-V, MNEAF-O) is the latest junior explorer to fall into the sights of Robert McEwen, who is investing $10 million in the company….


Falco ponies up from Koniambo

Partners Falconbridge (FAL.LV-T, FAL-N) and Socit Minire du Sud Pacifique (SMSP) have succesfully weathered a court challenge to their control over the Koniamb…



Esperanza hits more gold at Cerro Jumil

The first few holes of a second-phase drill program by Esperanza Silver (EPZ-V, ESPZF-O) have intersected mineralization at the Southeast zone, one of two bulk-tonnage gold targets…


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