Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Well known mining engineer Richard (Dick) Murphy, long associated with the Newmont mining organization, has died at the age of 86 following a lengthy illness. A 1927 graduate of Harvard University and…

It was not a great week for the precious metals gold and platinum. The former fell by almost $10 while the latter succumbed to the protests of striking workers in South Africa. Although the gold price…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $352.90 – $5.30 Silver* $ 3.88 – $0.06 Platinum* $377.35 + $3.35 Nickel** $ 3.34 – $0.03 Lead** $ 0.30 + $0.01 Copper $ 1.13 – $0.01 Zinc $ 0.61 $0.00 Courtesy of Scotia…

Drilling is expected to commence on the Woolgar copper property in the Northwest Territories in early August, reports Rhonda Mining (ASE). Noranda (TSE), as owner and operator of the 37,375-acre prope…

Recently cut loose by its parent, RTZ (NYSE) of London, Toronto-based Rio Algom (TSE) realized earnings of $8.2 million in the second quarter compared with $6.4 million for the same period of 1991. Ri…

An exploration program is under way at the More Creek property owned by joint venture partners Adrian Resources (VSE) and Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE). The polymetallic mineralization on the More Creek prop…

TVX Gold (TSE) and Golden Knight Resources (TSE) have discovered two gold zones about 100 metres northeast of their jointly owned Casa Berardi Est mine in northwestern Quebec. The companies say a bore…

A study of a proposed garnet quarrying and processing operation near the Apex recreation area 32 km west of Penticton, B.C., was recently completed, although no decision was made on the project’s futu…

Although it was staked 65 years ago, the Lightning gold zone in northeastern Ontario was only discovered in 1984. Now, after a protracted session of haggling over ownership interests, the property’s s…

Commercial production at the Castle Mountain gold mine in eastern California was established in early April of this year, just six weeks after startup. It was good news for operator and 75% owner Vice…

More and more miners are crossing the picket line at the Giant gold mine near Yellowknife, N.W.T., where a labor dispute has kept most union workers off the job since May of this year. The dispute ran…

My application for an Ontario Prospectors Assistance Program grant was made in 1991 and 1992 and for both years turned down. In this regard I am compelled to condemn the approval for application for t…