Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A new reserve calculation has been completed by Inco Gold, a wholly-owned affiliate of Inco Ltd. (TSE) for the former producing Snow Lake gold mine in Manitoba. Held under option from High River Gold …

In northwestern Quebec, the notion of a Quebec separate from Canada is very much alive, but it takes a back seat to the concern for steady employment and the chance to make a good life for one’s famil…

Hoping to be able in the near future to make a production decision for its Spud Valley gold project on Vancouver Island, McAdam Resources (TSE) reports it has secured the necessary regulatory approval…

Although Uruguay has never witnessed significant, sustained gold exploration in the past, the small South American country is experiencing somewhat of a gold boom led by companies such as Bond Interna…

The first load of ore came up from underground just this spring. But already, the Redstone nickel operation near Timmins, Ont., has shipped a million lb of nickel in concentrate to the Sherritt Gordon…

About 80% of the exploration budget of mining companies is devoted to the search for gold deposits. Over a 10-year period, this exploration effort has resulted in the discovery of gold mines with a va…

A preliminary prospectus has been filed by Ressources Minieres Forbex (ME) with the Quebec Securities Commission for an offering of common shares, flow-through shares and warrants worth up to $1.625 m…

Noranda Inc. (TSE) could use a little help from junior exploration companies in finding a new base metal deposit in the Manitouwadge area, and new geophysical surveys could provide the incentive to at…

Anchorage-based Golden Zone Resources (VSE) has signed a letter of intent granting a U.S. subsidiary of Placer Dome (TSE) an option to earn a 60% interest in its 100%- owned Golden zone property in Al…

Another week marked by cautious, directionless trading took hold of the markets as investors grappled with mixed economic forecasts. Weakness in the U.S. dollar was the main reason behind the boost in…

By 1992, the 1-million-tonne mineable reserve of copper, zinc, gold and silver in the Mobrun mine should be all mined out. Nevertheless, the amount of ore hoisted from the mine will not fall to zero a…

Toronto-based Lencourt Ltd. (TSE) says progress is being made in its bid to gain control of the Sominki tin and gold mining properties in Zaire, Africa. Sominki owns and operates tin and gold mines in…