Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Ever since the Cassiar asbestos mine closed more than two years ago, this British Columbian town has been a shadow of its former self — until recently, that is when Cusac Industries (TSE) began breat…

Two recent developments in Africa — the election of Nelson Mandela as the new leader of South Africa and the decision by the government of Ghana to sell a considerable chunk of the Ashanti mine — ar…

A drilling program is expected to get under way in mid-June on the Cone Hill property southwest of Williams Lake, B.C. Valerie Gold Resources (VSE) plans an initial 10,000 ft. of drilling, including e…

Michael Callahan appointed director.

Merton Stewart of Red Bank, N.B., is an active, living legend in the Maritime exploration fraternity. I have never met a man who possessed such a keen curiosity and love for minerals, the outdoors and…

Exploration is scheduled to begin shortly on Golden Regent Resources’ (ASE) holdings in central Slovakia. The junior controls about 48 sq. miles in the West Carpathian epithermal zone. The company pla…

TSE-listed Princeton Mining has sold the remaining half interest in Teranov Mining to Cliff Resources (TSE). Black Hills Minerals of Australia holds the other 50% interest in Teranov, which operates a…

Unlike diamonds, which need only be cut to improve their value, rubies and sapphires generally require heat treatment to enhance their clarity and color. Nowadays, 95% of all sapphires and rubies prod…

Semi-monthly reports as of Apr 30, 1994 showed 243,833,036 shares of 818 issues compared with 241,162,357 shares of 867 issues on Apr 15, 1994. Larger individual positions included: Aber 295,400, down…

VSE-listed Mutual Resources plans to explore two newly optioned gold concessions in south-central Ghana. The Oda River and Kent concessions are in the Manso Kwanta gold belt which runs parallel to, an…

A ranking of the top 10 gold-producing countries in 1993 places Canada in fifth place, unchanged from the previous year. Total Canadian output dropped to 150.9 tonnes gold last year from 160.4 tonnes …

After four years of declining demand for molybdenum, the outlook for the rest of the 1990s is brighter for the metal, with developing economies, particularly in South East Asia, likely to show the hig…