Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Shareholders attending the recent annual meeting of Major General Resources (VSE) were told that the company is involved in early stage discussions with Noranda (TSE) relating to the Rendell-Jackman j…

Jordex Resources Inc. — 400,000 shs offered @ $2.03 cents per sh. Allan Resources Inc. — 1,000,000 shs offered @ 35 cents per sh. Idaho Cons. Metals Corp. — 750,000 units consisting of 1 sh and 1 …

I have read your informative article (T.N.M., May 13/91) on the Kensington gold joint venture in Alaska. The Northern Miner has traditionally done an excellent job of covering mining activities in Can…

For the second time in as many years, Hope Brook Gold Mines (TSE) is temporarily suspending operations at its 3,000-ton-per-day Newfoundland gold mine in a bid to solve nagging environmental control p…

About 8,000 hectares of ground in a block 5×16 km was recently staked by Better Resources (VSE) near Williams Lake, B.C. The ground adjoins the large Fish Lake copper-gold porphyry deposit owned by Ta…

A recently completed deal with Plaskey Development Enterprises gives Aranlee Resources (VSE) the right to earn up to an 80% interest in the Fire Mountain property in the New Westminster Mining Divisio…

The latest results from the Holloway project indicate that the Lightning zone, which has been characterized by consistently strong widths and grades since its discovery in 1989, may be coming to a dra…

American Barrick Resources (TSE) and Newmont Mining (NYSE) are discussing the possibility of marrying their vast gold producing assets into a single entity that analysts say will be the world’s larges…

Aside from a slight drop in Canadian interest rates, the week ended May 21 offered little evidence that market conditions are about to improve. Gold and base metal stocks, which have been under pressu…

Gold sales of 373,700 oz. were reported by Newmont Gold (NYSE) from its five mills during the first quarter of 1991, compared with 395,700 oz. during the same period last year. North America’s larges…

The Vancouver Stock Exchange’s resource index took a hit during the week ended May 21, dropping 12.2 points to finish at 505.14. The composite index followed suit, dropping a more modest 4.89 points t…

Exploration drilling continues at the Sleeping Giant gold property of Aurizon Mines (TSE), north of Amos, Que., with six machines underground and one rig on surface, program operator Cambior Mines (TS…