EDITORIAL PAGE — Thumbs up for diamond mines
Anyone who has flown in Canada’s North has probably picked up a copy of Above & Beyond, the in-flight magazine published for Inuit-owned First Air. The glossy publication is unabashedly bullish on min…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Geomaque to up San Fran output
Having increasing reserves at the San Francisco gold project in Mexico, Geomaque Explorations (TSE) now intends to expand production. Last year, the company increased minable proven and probable reser…
B.C. regulators launch hearing
The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has suspended trading in VSE-listed Beauchamps Exploration and Beaufield Consolidated Resources while it continues an investigation into the affairs o…
Eritrea welcomes foreign investment
The government of Eritrea is hoping a new mining policy and investment law will help open up this Horn of Africa country to foreign investment. A delegation of Eritreans attended the recent convention…
SME features global mining
If the 124th annual meeting and trade show of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration had to be summed up in a word, it would be “variety.” More than 5,300 people attended the recent event …
Abacus eyes Niblack play
The Niblack volcanogenic massive sulphide project in southeastern Alaska has caught the eye of Abacus Minerals (VSE), which has entered into two separate agreements to acquire a 100% interest. The 185…
Joutel calculates resource at Barita
A geologic resource has been calculated for the Zona Barita play in Cuba, based on drilling and trenching results. Joutel Resources (TSE) estimates that the property, which is within the Sierra Maestr…
Roycefield testing Beaver Brook
Having drilled 94 holes, totalling 12,200 metres, on the Beaver Brook antimony property near Grand Falls, Nfld., Roycefield Resources (ASE) is preparing to carry out additional drilling and undergroun…
CIM to hear about environmentalism
An authority on environmental issues will discuss the North American environmental movement and how it affects the Canadian mining industry at a March 31 noon luncheon in Vancouver, B.C. Barry Clausen…
Echo Bay in black despite lower output
Despite lower production levels, Echo Bay Mines (TSE) managed to turn a profit in 1994. The company earned US$8 million (or 7 cents per share), compared with US$3.6 million (or 3 cents per share) in t…
Two rigs at San Fernando
By adding a second drill rig to the San Fernando gold property in west-central Mexico, San Fernando Mining (TSE) has intensified exploration and predevelopment work. The $2-million program will consis…
Cons. Nevada finds zone at Aurora
Reverse-circulation drilling at the Aurora gold mine in Nevada is returning ore-grade mineralization over large widths. Consolidated Nevada Goldfields (TSE), in an attempt to define the eastern extens…