Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A private placement of $1.05 million will give Dolly Varden Minerals (VSE) the funds it needs for 50,000 ft. of diamond drilling on the company’s Kitsault Valley, Stewart area property. The placement …

J.T. Flanagan, president of Muscocho Explorations (TSE), says efforts are continuing to secure alternative financial arrangements following the collapse of an earlier agreement with Echo Bay Mines whi…

Production is on target at the Stock Twp., Ont., gold mine of Toronto-based St Andrew Goldfields (TSE) despite recent drops in the price of gold which have taken a heavy toll on most junior mining com…

A 2,000-metre drill program has started on a group of claims owned by Ressources Orient (ME) in Grevet Twp., about 35 km north of Quevillon in northern Quebec. The program, operated by Orient, is bein…

Aur Resources’ base metal discovery in Quebec’s Louvicourt Twp. is one of the hottest prospects in the country, but there are several other juniors that have base metal projects on the go. Investors s…

In any type of commercial geological investigation, it is always important to know “who” and “what” has gone before. In most cases, this is perceived as reviewing the company, corporate or agency file…

The fall in the price of gold this year after a promising start is cause for concern in the industry but it has not left Gold Fields Minerals Services of London completely pessimistic. “The plunge bel…

Metals Week’s annual Ferroalloy Conference will be held 0ct. 25-26 in Tucson, Ariz. The conference will focus on the market’s new harsh realities and will highlight the nickel, tungsten and molybdenum…

A mining accident at the Lawyers gold-silver mine in the Toodoggone District of British Columbia resulted in the death of Ken Brown, a geologist employed by the mine’s owner, Cheni Gold Mines. He was …

Shoal Lake, a source of drinking water for Winnipeg, Man., is the location for Consolidated Professor Mines’ (TSE) Duport gold project. Trying to convince Winnipeg residents that mine effluent won’t c…

John Ternowesky, a Thunder Bay, Ont., grain handler turned mining promoter reckons he’ll be able to survive the current exploration slump that is driving dozens of his colleagues out of the mining gam…

Gold production in Nevada reached record levels in 1989, jumping 36% from the previous year. Total production from Nevada mines surpassed five million ounces said the Nevada commission on economic dev…