Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Hugh Mogensen appointed director.

Ron Orr and Fred Scholz appointed directors.

Drilling on the Casino copper-gold project in southern Yukon returned a number of wide intersections for owners Casino Silver Mines (VSE) and Big Creek Resources (VSE). Big Creek is earning a 50% work…

Kirkkiat Jalichan, Rakash Saxena, Brian Blake and Robert Smiley appointed directors.

Theme of this year’s Quebec Prospectors Association convention, scheduled for Sept. 16-18 in Val d’Or, Que., is “Exploring in Quebec?”, with the focus on evaluating the future of mining exploration in…

A new quarterly record for gold production was set by Placer Dome (TSE), which turned out a total of 505,000 oz. for its most recent quarter ended June 30. But the company’s latest operating results s…

Britt Resources Ltd. (BRN:VSE) has changed its name to La Cieba Minerals Corp. (LCE:VSE) with a consolidation of capital on a 1-new-for-3-old-share basis. The transfer agent is Montreal Trust.

An updated reserve estimate released by Placer Dome (TSE) for the Pipeline gold deposit at its 60% owned Cortez joint venture property in Nevada shows a 30% increase in contained gold. The deposit is …

Mining companies in Ontario need to have confidence in the price forecasting ability of Ontario Hydro and on the availability of competitively priced electricity. From the 1950s to the 1980s, the util…

The secretive Canadian arm of South African diamond giant De Beers stepped into the public forum for the first time in years by recently agreeing to form a joint venture with Aaron Oil (ASE), a Calgar…

Troubled coal producer Westar Mining (TSE) reported a loss of $9.3 million for the three months ended June 30, which pushes the company’s loss for the first six months of the year to $15.7 million. We…

Gold production of 796,700 oz. was reported by Newmont Gold (NYSE) for the first half of 1992, compared with 792,700 oz. for the same period last year. Targeted gold production for 1992 is 1.6 million…