Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Having received favorable indications from overburden testing on its Shamrock gold property in Newfoundland, Eastern Goldfields (COATS) plans to engage in a program of drilling and trenching this summ…

The president of Dickenson Mines (TSE), John Kachmar, resigned his position at the company annual meeting. Kachmar, who had been with the company for nine years, including the past four years as presi…

It has taken more than two years and US$31 million, but Denver-based U.S. Gold (NASDAQ) recently poured the first gold produced from a new bacterial oxidation process developed at its Tonkin Springs g…

A-X Metals — 900,000 offered @ 55 cents per sh. Sarabat Gold — min 500,000 offered @ 50 cents per sh. Covenant Res — min 500,000 offered @ 45 cents per sh. Trades reported by QSC…

As the result of a name change and a share consolidation, Esperanza Explorations has become Columbia Gold Mines (VSE). With a share consolidation of one new for three old, the company has about 4.4 mi…

Shareholders of Acadia Mineral Ventures (TSE) will decide the fate of the company at a special meeting scheduled for May 4. They can either accept a slate of five directors including Arthur Brown, cha…

Flamboyant promoter Murray Pezim struck out in his bid to have the Supreme Court of British Columbia quash a Securities Commission hearing into insider trading allegations against senior management of…

To bolster depleting North American reserves, Battle Mountain Gold (NYSE) is making a commitment to developing reserves in South America and the Austral Pacific region. The 1989 annual report stresses…

Shares of Toronto-based Golden Crescent Resources posted a surprising gain of 80 cents for the week ended April 10 to close at $1.75 on volume of 164,900 shares. The company has reported some mixed dr…

A unit of Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) recently signed an agreement with Golden Queen Mining (TSE) enabling it to earn up to a 50% interest in the company’s Soledad Mountain gold property in Kern Cty., Cali…

A minor copper-zinc target has been identified by Hixon Gold Resources (VSE) on one of two properties in Louvicourt and Isle Dieu twps., Que. Hixon and its joint venture partners, Globex Mining Enterp…

Exploration results from Canadian interests and production developments in South America are resulting in a strong property portfolio for Toronto-based Greenstone Resources (TSE). The Scott Lake base …