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A decision to stay 18 safety-related charges against the owner of the Westray coal mine in Nova Scotia and four managers was announced recently by the province’s chief prosecutor. A methane explosion …

Just over a year ago, International Musto Explorations (VSE) signed an agreement to acquire the Bajo de la Alumbrera copper-gold deposit in the province of Catamarca, northwestern Argentina. The junio…

Well, sirs, I first heard of Anyox, B.C., way back in 1935 when I met a fellow riding the freight trains. (That seemed the thing to do in those days.) “I just came from Anyox,” he told me. “Worked in …

The Northern Miner welcomes letters to the editor. Letters should be typed and signed, and include the full name, address and telephone number of the writer (for verification of authorship). The North…

Having enjoyed more then 10 unbroken years of democratic government and offering some of the most favorable investment rules in Latin America, Bolivia looks increasingly promising to mineral investors…

A syndicate of 14 “respected risk-takers” led by Robert Ginn has launched a $250,000 drilling program in the old business district of Timmins, Ont. The drilling, centred east of the railway station, w…

Just emerging from a political crisis that saw its president, Fernando Collor, resign under accusations of corruption, Brazil is now concentrating on controlling its rampant inflation rate. But Collor…

The Centenario gold deposit announced last year is the first discovery made by Minera Hispaniola S.A., a company formed by joint venture partners Canyon Resources (NASDAQ) and Battle Mountain Gold (NY…

Vancouver-based junior Skyline Gold has agreed to acquire a 70% interest in a newly discovered polymetallic deposit in the eastern Sierra Madre mountains of northern Mexico. Mapping on the 4,300-acre …

For the first time this century, investors are openly challenging the monetary value of gold. Many have proclaimed that gold is just another commodity, void of any real currency value, and therefore i…

The diamond-staking rush in Alberta and northern Canada continues to draw crowds, as shown by strong attendance at a recent conference here in the oil and gas heartland. The Calgary Mineral Exploratio…

Operations at Noranda’s (TSE) Horne smelter in Rouyn-Noranda, Que., were halted for a few days in early March following an explosion in a concentrate bin that feeds the smelter furnace. The smelter, w…