Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Cameco, Troymin deal

Trimin Resources (TSE) and Cameco have acquired an option from Troymin Resources (ASE) to purchase a 51% interest in 15,000 acres of land along the Hanson Lake polymetallic trend in Saskatchewan. The …


Goldbelt gets option

Goldbelt Mines (TSE) has signed an option agreement with Glen Auden Resources (TSE), giving the company the right to earn a 50% interest in Glen Auden’s 219-claim property in Moody Twp., Ont. The Mood…


Deception Lake drilling disappoints

A 10,000-ft. drill program by Northair Mines (TSE) is nearing completion on the Deception Lake lead-zinc-gold- silver prospect in northern Saskatchewan. Northair, which is earning a 51% interest in th…


City presses ERG over site agreement

The mayor of Timmins, Dennis Welin, is serving notice that the owners of the ERG Resources (TSE) tailings reclamation operation will have to live up to the terms of a site agreement. The 1987 agreemen…


Parquet, Cache cut strong gold values

Joint venture partners Parquet Resources (TSE) and Explorations Cache (ME) have intersected 38.2 ft. grading 0.34 oz. gold per ton and 13 ft. grading 0.67 oz. in two recently completed drill holes on …


First gold pour at Golden Bear

Despite a rocky start on the road to production, the Golden Bear mine in northwestern British Columbia poured its first gold bar on Jan. 31. Sized at 360 tonnes per day, the mine is operated by North …


Cactus-Pegasus deal

A unit of Cactus West Explorations (VSE) recently signed a letter of intent agreement with Pegasus Gold (TSE) for continuing development of its Century gold project in southwestern Idaho. Pegasus can …


Another Rock Room planned by NBPDA

Members of the New Brunswick Prospectors and Developers Association (NBPDA) will raffle a dore bar at the 58th annual convention of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) in Toron…


Gordex Correction

A recent query on Gordex Minerals (T.N.M., Feb. 5/90) included incorrect information regarding the company’s CIP processing plant in New Brunswick. Contrary to what was printed, the CIP plant at Gorde…



Athabaska resumes drilling at Nicholas Lake

The 1990 work program by Athabaska Gold Resources (VSE) has started on the Nicholas Lake gold property, 56 miles north of Yellowknife, N.W.T. As operator and 60% owner, Athabaska will be carrying out …


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