Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Owners of the South Kemess copper-gold project have filed the first of two documents required for approval of mine development with the British Columbia government. El Condor Resources (VSE) and St. P…

Toronto-based companies Minnova (TSE) and Metall Mining (TSE) have agreed to combine their mining and financial strength in a bid to develop the Izok Lake copper-zinc property in the Northwest Territo…

The latest results from Fort Knox Gold Resources’ (TSE) base metal property in Fawcett Twp., Ont., include a 64.5-ft. interval of low-grade lead-zinc mineralization pulled from the property’s north gr…

With its purchase option expiring May 1, 1992, Amax Gold (NYSE) is operating three drill rigs on the Haile gold property near Kershaw, S.C. Amax can earn a 62.5% interest in the property from Piedmont…

Toronto-based Bachelor Lake Gold Mines (TSE) says it will send 20,000 tons of broken gold ore from its mine near Desmaraisville, Que., to be processed at Minnova’s (TSE) Lac Shortt mill. Lac Shortt is…

The third annual Norman Keevil Memorial Hockey Game will be played March 30 at Toronto’s Moss Park Arena, 140 Sherbourne St., in conjunction with the convention of the Prospectors and Developers Assoc…

A second-phase exploration program is now in progress at the Aldebaran project under option to Arizona Star Resource (TSE) in north-central Chile. Arizona Star is earning a 51% interest in the propert…

Gold production in 1991 totalled 312,665 oz., Cambior (TSE) reports, up by 31% from the previous year. Net earnings plunged, however, to $13.9 million from $23.9 million in 1990 on about the same reve…

As environmental hearings on Ontario Hydro’s 25-year, demand-supply plan enter their second year, the Ontario Mining Association (OMA) is growing increasingly concerned about the direction the plan is…

Joint venture partners Texas Star Resources (VSE) and Harrison Western Mining recently signed a deal with a subsidiary of Cyprus Minerals (NYSE) to fund a bankable feasibility for the Keystone project…

Copper will rise to US$1.40 per lb. in 1993 and US$2 in 1995 says consultant William Hill of MPH Consultants Ltd. Hill, who has 25 years of experience in consulting to the copper industry, was speakin…

Support for a grassroots government lobbying effort launched by prospectors in the Timmins area has gained widespread support throughout northern Ontario. The group behind the effort is growing increa…