Articles by Northern Miner Staff

After 25 years of reading your paper and being actively involved in the mining exploration industry, I think M.R. Brown’s column “Mining ranks behind native issues, clams, dragonflies” (T.N.M., Sept. …

Semi-monthly reports as of September 30, showed 21,525,116 shares of 590 issues compared with 22,743,881 shares of 607 issues on September 15. Larger individual positions included: Amax Gold 117,300, …

Because of supply disruptions and technical difficulties, zinc metal production at Noranda Minerals’ electrolytic reduction plant at Valleyfield, Que., is expected to be below its 230,000-tonne-per-ye…

A new feature has been added to this year’s Northwest Mining Association annual convention and trade show to be held in Spokane, Wash., Dec. 1-6. The well-attended convention attracts participants fro…

Shareholders of International Corona (TSE) voted overwhelmingly in favor of a controversial proposal to become a pure gold mining company by transferring its non-gold assets into a new public company,…

Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) has estimated preliminary reserves at the Lightning zone to be 5 million tonnes grading 0.27 oz. gold per tonne (5.5 million tons grading 0.25 oz. per ton). An incorrect figure …

Members of a 64-year-old syndicate are beginning to crawl out of the woodwork as the value of the Teddy Bear Valley Mines’ (CDN) 18-claim property near Matheson, Ont., becomes apparent. The Teddy Bear…

The market seems to have ignored the results of a separate feasibility study on Teddy Bear Valley Mines’ portion of the Lightning gold zone near Matheson, Ont., into which Hemlo Gold Mines, Freewest R…

A prolonged strike at the Similco copper mine in southern British Columbia as well as continuing operating problems at the Cassiar underground asbestos mine in northern B.C. have forced Princeton Mini…

Consolidated Professor Mines (TSE) says it will need additional funding to pay for future costs associated with an environmental review of its Duport gold project at Shoal Lake west of Kenora, Ont. Pr…

Geologists working on behalf of Ontex Resources (ASE) are comparing the Brookbank gold deposit near Beardmore, Ont., to a Freewest-type deposit without the rewards of intensive exploration. Current re…

Recently completed drilling in the Shining Tree area of northeastern Ontario has re-turned low-grade base metal values for Fort Knox Gold Resources (TSE). Testing a geophysical target on its 100% owne…