Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The writer of the article “Juniors raise cash for diamond hunt” (T.N.M., July 6/92) has overlooked the exploration activity going on in the prairie provinces. The Northern Miner is providing an inordi…

Two holes drilled by Amax Gold (NYSE) returned promising gold values over appreciable widths from the Robertson gold property adjacent to Placer Dome’s Pipeline gold discovery in Nevada. Amax can earn…

Vancouver-based Aber Resources (TSE) says it has taken hundreds of till and esker samples to follow up geophysical anomalies on its properties in the Lac de Gras area of the Northwest Territories. The…

Encouraged by a strengthening gold price, investors pushed Agnico-Eagle Mines (TSE) to its 52-week high of $6.25 when news of a gold discovery at the Joutel division in northwestern Quebec hit Bay Str…

The next round in the 6-year-old legal battle between Metalore Resources (TSE) and Ontex Resources (ASE) over 189 gold claims near Beardmore Ont., is set to begin on Jan. 11, 1993. On that date, an On…

After carrying out a limited exploration program, Galico Resources (VSE) terminated its option with Noront Resources (VSE) to acquire an interest in the Hurdman polymetallic project near Cochrane, Ont…

When Dessir Resources reported spectacular results from the Gibbs gold property in California last year, they seemed too good to be true. Skepticism was so great that Dessir, at the request of the Van…

A recent offer to minority shareholders of Stikine Resources resulted in International Corona (TSE) and its affiliates holding 55% of the issued and outstanding shares of Stikine. Stikine owns 50% of …

In his letter to the editor (T.N.M., June 22/92), Egizio Bianchini agrees with what I suggest: “Hold while the market is rising and sell when the market is falling.” He says further that price forecas…

What is the largest gold producer in Canada? I’m sure some of you will say it’s the Hemlo mine or perhaps Campbell Red Lake, but you will be wrong. The largest gold producer in Canada is in fact the B…

Noted geologist George Ellsworth died recently while visiting his son in Australia. He was 53. A graduate from Princeton University, Ellsworth had worked for Noranda Inc.’s sales division before he se…

It was with some sadness that I recently learned of Dr. A.R. Byers’ death. I never met him face to face but I knew him well and respected him through his work. He completed a doctoral thesis in 1936 a…