Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Environmental issues relevant to the mining industry were discussed here by 24 speakers in a special session on metals and minerals at Globe ’90, a conference aimed at promoting the implementation of …

Vancouver-based Centurion Gold (VSE) is looking forward this year to new mining activity on claims surrounding Newmont Gold’s (NYSE) Gold Quarry open pit mine near Carlin, Nev. Centurion owns 51% of a…

The Portage zone on the Springpole gold property being explored by joint venture partners Noranda (TSE) and Akiko-Lori Gold Resources (VSE) hosts geological reserves of at least 7.9 million tons gradi…

With the purpose of furthering helpful discussion on the topic of ore reserves appearing in your last several issues, I wish to add the following fuel to keep the pot boiling. The article “Computer Bu…

Toronto-based Conwest Exploration (TSE) says the terms of a proposed merger with its two subsidiaries Mineral Resources International (TSE) and Barons Oil (TSE) have been unanimously approved by the b…

A mine site reclamation program is under way on Zahavy Mines’ (ASE) Favourable Lake property, 110 miles north of Red Lake in northwestern Ontario. The 6,000-acre property hosts a past-producing gold-s…

When Goldex Mines (TSE) and Ormico Exploration (ME) agreed to launch a $2-million, underground drilling program on their Val d’Or property in January, they hoped to prove the presence of a multi- mill…

NICKEL POTENTIAL IN LANGMUIR TWP. In the central part of Langmuir township and in the southern part of Carman township, there are several bands of iron formation containing massive pyrrhotite. Assays …

In the 1930s, there were three producing mines in the Bridge River area. The Union Brass pulled a long strike. When the dust settled, one mine reopened on a partial basis. There was no unemployment in…

Diamond Drill Bits New diamond drill bits from Utah-based Christensen Mining Products increase footage per bit by 15% to 20%, the company says. These “gold” bits, as they are called, combine friable d…

Visible gold was intersected in an exploration crosscut being driven north from the 2,050-ft. level at the shaft, Armistice Resources (ME) reports from its gold property at Virginiatown, Ont. The gold…

Cameco, the Saskatchewan uranium producer, recently had its knuckles rapped for spilling radioactive waste at the Rabbit Lake mine. In late December, 1.9 million litres of radioactive water spilled fr…