Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Minority ownerships in six juniors have been acquired by Perpetual Growth Fund — VII, which recently took over the assets of the NIM 1989 partnership fund. Perpetual says it holds more than 10% of th…

Ressources Ojibway (ME) reports the staking of 17 claims in Leonard Twp. in the Timiskaming area of northeastern Ontario. Mineralization containing silver, cobalt and nickel has in the past been ident…

Having already worked together on a Nova Scotia gold project, Acadia Mineral Ventures (TSE) and Hecla Mining of Canada are teaming up to explore the Bachelor Lake Mines’ (TSE) gold property at Desmara…

Two of Canada’s biggest mine engineering firms are entering into Mikhail Gorbachev’s new spirit of glasnost by helping to develop a silver processing plant in the eastern Soviet Union. Toronto-based W…

Exploration activity on both the Akaiwong and Aurora properties in Guyana is uncovering good gold grades for South American Goldfields (TSE). Testing a strong geophysical anomaly on the Akaiwong prope…

Mining came to British Columbia early in the 19th century with development of coal on Vancouver Island to supply steamships and in 1858 with the Cariboo gold rush. The completion of the Canadian Pacif…

Santa Fe Pacific Minerals, a unit of Santa Fe Pacific (NYSE), only became a precious metals producer in 1988, but it’s safe money to bet the company will emerge as one of the more significant players …

A copper-rich alteration zone that might act as a feeder system for a massive sulphide deposit was reported recently by partners Thunderwood Resources (TSE) and Greenstone Resources (TSE) on their Sco…

An exploration financing agreement has been finalized between Cominco (TSE) and two Quebec juniors Normetal Mining Exploration (ME) and La Sarre Mining Exploration (ME). The 3-year exploration agreeme…

Apr. 17 Apr. 16 Apr. 13 Apr. 12 Apr. 11 HIGH LOW Composite “300” 3513.30 3549.29 Holiday 3561.12 3565.77 4009.47 3513.30 Metals & Minerals 2985.22 3029.46 Holiday 3061.61 3092.75 3453.05 2921.03 Integ…

Ken McKenzie, the mysterious interloper into the Eskay Creek gold camp north of Stewart, B.C., has won a partial victory in his bid to secure ownership of highly prospective claims located adjacent to…

Despite substantial increases in throughput and gold recoveries, Skyline Gold (TSE) has yet to achieve commercial production at its wholly owned Johnny Mountain gold mine in the Iskut River district o…