Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Toronto-based Hillsborough Resources (TSE), which is developing the Mt. Hundere lead-zinc project in a joint venture with Curragh Resources (TSE), succeeded in doubling its profits during 1990. For th…

Under an agreement with Tai-Pan Resources, Societe Miniere Sphinx (ME) will purchase a 51% interest in the Bakolobi gold project in Mali, West Africa, for $2.2 million. The agreement expires in June. …

Well-known and respected geologist Dr. D.H. “Digger” Gorman will give the concluding paper in a series of five talks on prospecting and mining organized by the Prospectors and Developers Association o…

Three Australian prospectors have been charged with fraud after they persuaded Noranda (TSE) to buy a stake in a salted gold prospect near Karpa Spring in Western Australia. The three men were charged…

Calculations completed by an independent consultant indicate that the Moss Lake property, 50 miles west of Thunder Bay, Ont., contains probable and possible reserves of 82.2 million tons grading 0.031…

rilling by Deak Resources (TSE) on the company’s Magusi base metal property in northern Quebec has cut 62 ft. of massive sulphide mineralization 325 ft. up dip from the discovery hole drilled in Febru…

A formal offer will be mailed shortly to Canadian shareholders of QPX Minerals (TSE) providing more details of a recent offer by Rea Gold (TSE) to acquire all their QPX shares in exchange for common s…

Results from one of two studies to be released from the project of VSM Exploration (TSE) and Serem-Quebec at Grevet Twp. make underground exploration and future development almost inevitable, says VSM…

The two partners in the SB gold-silver project northwest of Stewart, B.C., say they will proceed to production with the property, subject to regulatory approval. Westmin Resources (TSE) is earning a 5…

Fears that Elliot Lake, Ont., will soon become a ghost town were heightened recently after Denison Mines (TSE) announced that it is laying off 400 employees this summer and reducing production at its …

A new world order? Well, anyone who thinks the U.S. will be leading us to a new millennium of peace and harmony is going to be disappointed. In the wake of the United Nations successful expulsion of I…

Murray Pezim’s new flagship, Prime Equities (VSE), and a host of juniors under its corporate umbrella are expecting to announce details of an agreement with a major mining company for the provision of…