Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A 25,000-ft. drill program on the Scott Lake polymetallic property 12 miles west of Chibougamau, Que., has been started up by Thunderwood Resources (TSE) The drilling is part of $600,000 exploration p…

A Prime Resources (VSE) board meeting was scheduled for June 28 to try to resolve some of the differences that have cropped up between Prime and Corona (TSE) since Corona announced its reorganization …

Some encouraging results have come out of a rock sampling program at Minorca Resources’ (VSE) Santa Anna gold property near La Sarre, Que. Sampling over four gold-bearing quartz vein systems, Minorca …

The lease on the Van Dyke porphyry copper deposit in Miami, Ariz., will change hands following an agreement between Tucson- based Arimetco (TSE) and Kocide Mining. Under the agreement, Kocide will tra…

The 27th annual Western Inter- University Geological Conference will be hosted by students at the University of Saskatchewan in January, 1991. It provides a forum for students to present papers on all…

Canada must someday come to terms with its flawed constitution, but its failure to do so through the Meech Lake accord is not going to spell the end of the country. The political stability that has ch…

Drilling results from Kingswood Exploration’s (ASE) Lanoullier- Gaudet project in the Casa-Berardi area of Quebec have failed to impress major mining companies. Of the 15 majors that visited the proje…

Agnico-Eagle Mines (TSE) has just celebrated the pouring of the millionth ounce of gold at its Eagle-Telbel mine at Joutel, Que. Over 500 people attended the affair, which was videotaped and replayed …

Exploration on the Noel Paul’s Brook base metal property in central Newfoundland will begin shortly following a joint venture agreement between AquaGold Resources (ASE) and Granges (TSE). Granges can …

The Northern Miner issue of June 18, 1990, referring to a report published by the Ontario Securities Commission, said two executives of MSV Resources (ME), Mario Caron and Pierre Boudreault, purchased…

Lead and zinc prices will rise sharply if Canada’s two largest producers, are unable to reach new contract agreements soon say some analysts. Contracts between Cominco (TSE) and Brunswick Mining and S…

As Breakwater Resources (TSE) prepared this week to become owner as well as manager of the Caribou lead/zinc mine 50 km west of here, work crews were getting to grips with many of the problems experie…