Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Toronto-based Noront Resources (VSE) reports recent work by Noranda Exploration on the Grubline joint venture in the Gander area of Newfoundland has resulted in the discovery of two encouraging gold z…

It may be too early for supporters of the Vancouver Stock Exchange to start singing “Happy Days Are Here Again,” but there’s no doubt that the recent Eskay Creek gold play has lifted a pall of gloom t…

The latest set of drill results from the Eskay Creek gold project in northwestern British Columbia don’t appear to have dazzled all that many investors. Though the results ranged from good to fair and…

Assay results were released by McNellen Resources (VSE) for the first three holes drilled on its Mount Foley copper-silver-gold project east of Chilliwack, B.C. The first hole returned 15.2 ft of 0.65…

Expanded drill programs are planned by Placer Dome (TSE) on two of International Curator Resources’ (VSE) properties in Alaska. The Jualin gold project near Juneau is to be the object of an additional…

Base metal producer Bunker Hill Mining (VSE) reported a net loss of $343,759(US) for the second quarter of 1989, compared with a ne t loss of $590,408 for the same period last year. The company’s net …

Calgary-based Petromet Resources (TSE) says it is continuing to examine the possibility of reprocessing some old mine tailings at the former Rambler base metal property in Newfoundland. In a recent in…

The gold and silver index took a beating, sliding more than 42 pts or 0.71% to 5985.23 pts. The dip below the 6,000-pt mark was the first in several weeks. Gold bullion was an uninspiring $358.50(US) …

A gold-silver property in central Idaho’s Custer and Lehmi counties has been acquired by Yellowstone Resources from Denison Mine (US). The property covers ground in both northern Custer Cty. and sout…

A producer of crystalline flake graphite in Quebec is well advanced in its plans to build a second mill, while a company in Ontario is preparing to enter graphite production by the end of this year, T…

With a $13-million exploration program at its Windy Craggy polymetallic project in northwestern British Columbia under way, Toronto-based Geddes Resources (TSE) is moving at full speed to have a pre-f…

Toronto-based HSK Minerals (TSE) has reported a number of gold discoveries at its 52-claim Denison Lake property in the Mishibishu Lake area, 53 miles southeast of Hemlo, Ont. Central Crude Ltd. (TSE)…