Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A minority shareholder of Cal Graphite (VSE) is planning to increase its holdings in the junior to more than 15%. Wilmington Securities, a Delaware subsidiary of The Hillman Co., controlled by Pittsbu…

It’s being called the hottest base metals discovery since Kidd Creek and the Louvicourt Twp., Que., find of joint partners Aur Resources (TSE) and Societe Miniere Louvem (TSE) brought a sluggish June …

MVP BGR Central Capital Net value $12.32 $6.37 $0.51 Price $11.25 $6.62 $0.37 Discount 8.69% 4.0% 27.5% Value $7…

By March, 1990, Imperial Metals Corp. (TSE) expects to have in hand a completed full feasibility study for the Mount Polley copper- gold project, 56 km northeast of this community in British Columbia’…

Before The Northern Miner becomes “Southamized,” I feel that those of us who have spent a lifetime in or associated with the mining industry owe the Pearce family a special vote of thanks for a job we…

It was no secret that Alf Powis and Noranda Inc. (TSE) wanted Falconbridge Ltd. Noranda had been foiled once before in a takeover bid for the free world’s second largest nickel producer and its lucrat…

All the main mining indices firmed today, Dec 20, a trend which was reflected in the composite’s gain of 4.35 points to close at 3920.15 points. Both metals and minerals and gold and silver registered…

A private financing worth $500,000 is being arranged by Minerais Chabela (ME). A maximum of 50 investors will be allowed, at a cost of $10,000 per unit. Chabela plans to spend the money on exploration…

A 2.4×2.4-m backfill raise, inclined at 69 degrees and measuring 294 m long, has been driven by a pneumatic Alimak machine at the Golden Giant mine in Hemlo, Ont. Don Cameron, Andy Roy, Matti Hakkola,…

Income before extraordinary items of $26.7 million (71 cents per share) for the 9-month period ended Sept 30 was reported by Metall Mining (TSE), compared with $18.1 million (48 cents per share) for …

In early 1990, Northern Miner Press Inc. will publish a 144-page book entitled Mining Explained: A Guide to Prospecting and Mining, the sixth edition of a reference publication that first rolled off t…

Although Bitech Corp.’s (ASE) Nugget Pond gold property in northern Newfoundland hasn’t lived up to the mine-making criteria of Equity Silver Mines (TSE), Bitech still believes the small deposit could…