Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Affiliated companies Hardrock Extension (TSE), Geraldton Longlac Gold (COATS) and Ferau Resources (COATS) face a difficult task ahead as they try to raise funds for additional exploration work on thei…

An agreement has been concluded between High River Gold Mines (TSE) and Sikaman Gold Resources (TSE) which will transfer the former’s interest in the gold- bearing arsenical residues at the company’s …

The talk of the town continues to be Aur Resources’ copper find in Louvicourt Twp. near Val d’Or Que. As more information comes to light on this discovery, investors are recognizing the significance o…

Options Open eries Volume Last Interest Aug 370 C * 218 9.00 743 Aug 380 C * 325 4.60 1,854 Aug 390 C * 274 2.50 1,742 Aug 400 C * 981 1.40 2,769 Nov 360 C * 125 22.00…

A letter of intent has been entered into between Wrightbar Mines (ME) and Belmoral Mines (TSE) whereby Wrightbar will be amalgamated with a wholly-owned Belmoral subsidiary. Gold-producer Belmoral own…

Recently completing a $400,000 flow-through financing with CMP 1989 Resources Partnership and Co. Ltd. was Minefinders Corp. (VSE). The company says it will be issuing shares to CMP at an average pric…

Campbell River, B.C., will be the site of a mining competition on Saturday, July 1, during that community’s salmon festival. The contest, sponsored by Westmin Resources, is open to experienced miners …

Two new facilities were opened officially at the CCR refinery of Noranda Minerals in the east end of Montreal recently. The copper refinery, founded in 1931 and undergoing a modernization program, has…

A release by the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) of results from a heavy mineral geochemical survey near Rimouski, Que., has generated a small-scale staking rush with Citadel Gold Mines (TSE) emergi…

A slightly stronger gold price and a slightly weaker dollar encouraged some investors to peek out of the trenches at press time, but most brokers still maintain it will take a sustained gold price ove…

Actively exploring a couple of prospects east of Timmins, Ont., Goldpost Resources (TSE) reports it plans to mine about 10,000 tons of high grade ore from the Gibson West zone lying above the 250-ft l…

Watch out — 1989 may not be quite the dismal year for mineral exploration many have been predicting. With gold prices in the dumper, investors shy of mining stocks since the ’87 market crash and fl…