Articles by Northern Miner Staff

More than halfway through a 10,000-ft. underground program at the Paymaster gold mine project near Timmins, Ont., Placer Dome (TSE) and American Reserve Mining (ME) continue to intersect strong widths…

The proposed merger of Galactic Resources (TSE) and Cornucopia Resources (TSE) into one company has been terminated. Galactic said the cancellation of the merger was “amicable” and will not affect the…

The first batch of development ore from the SB gold property is being processed at Westmin Resources’ (TSE) Premier gold mill near Stewart, B.C. About 15,000 tons are expected to be processed during …

A preliminary reserve estimate was released by Crew Natural Resources (VSE) for the Red Dog copper property on northern Vancouver Island. The project is near a producing copper mine, and is being dev…

The first hole of this season’s drilling program on the Spectrum property in northwestern British Columbia returned a number of good gold intersections. Hole 91-63 intersected 176 ft. (from 100 ft. t…

With new exploration models and technology, the major mining companies are positioning themselves to take an integrated approach to base metals exploration in Nova Scotia. Recent staking indicates ren…

Toronto-based Canmine Resources (CDN) has agreed to purchase the San Antonio silver property in the province of Chihuahua, Mexico. In exchange for 100,000 common Canmine shares and a 15% net profits r…

Already the owner of 36.7% of the outstanding shares of Goldnev Resources (VSE), Prime Equities (VSE) plans to acquire the balance under a recently announced takeover offer. Prime is offering Goldnev …

This year 11 Ontario universities will receive a total of $508,000 in provincial grants for 22 geoscience research projects, Mines Minister Gilles Pouliot has announced. The funding, about $500,000 e…

Australia even riskier for foreign investment than Ontario? I was shocked to read recently that the government of Australia, a Commonwealth country with many parallels to ours, has ordered a halt to a…

A review of trading activity for the first half of 1991 shows a distinct drop compared with the same period last year. Daily volume during the first half fell by more than 14%, with daily value decrea…

Newfoundland’s mining industry is beginning to look askance at the province’s drive to protect more Crown land from mineral and other forms of economic development. The industry is afraid the provinc…