Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The Nickel Plate gold mine in British Columbia continues to give Corona Corp. problems. Low ore grades at the mine have necessitated higher waste rock removal and consequently mining costs have been h…

Vancouver- based Total Energold Corp. (TSE) has increased its stake in the Logan zinc-silver project to 60% by acquiring an additional 10% interest under the terms of a joint venture agreement with Fa…

“Here’s metal more attractive.” (Hamlet III ii 117) Well, maybe that’s a bit strong but the minors are still extremely interesting to the enquiring mind. Attractive? Certainly. In the quiet shadows ca…

With a strengthening of its board and new financing in the wind, Sharpe Energy & Resources (VSE) will be allying with Central Crude (TSE) for the exploration of some ground in Ontario’s Mishibishu gol…

The decision by the State of Nevada to increase its net proceeds tax from 2% to 5% has hurt Nevada gold producers including Amax Gold (NYSE). At the company’s recent annual meeting in Denver, Colo., C…

A flake graphite deposit near Fermont, Que., contains proven ore reserves able to sustain commercial production for many years, Mazarin Inc. (TSE) reports. The company says engineering firm Roche and …

Cross Lake Minerals (VSE) and its joint venture partners, Tarzan Gold (ASE) and Glen Auden Resources (TSE) have added an additional 42 claims to the 64 already optioned by them in the Lac St. Jean are…

China is bringing its direct approach in the buying and selling of non-ferrous metals to Canada. The China National Nonferrous Metals Import & Export Corp. (CNIEC) has been active in the purchase of C…

It may be that Noranda Inc. (TSE) was simply trying to consolidate its status as Falconbridge Ltd.’s (TSE) largest shareholder when it bought 3.5 million of the nickel miner’s common shares recently f…

The nuclear energy industry may be down in the dumps but in Canada the industry is looking forward to a resurgent market in the mid-1990s. In particular, Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL) has design…

A Montana- based company has been awarded a contract to mine and process gold ore from one square mile of Tri- Valley Corp.’s Richardson lode project near Fairbanks, Alaska. Tri- Valley trades over th…

Declining gold prices have not hurt American production of the precious metal, according to a study by the Metals Economic Group in Halifax, N.S. In 1989, U.S. gold production will climb by more than …