Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Athena Gold Corp. (VSE) says that significant results were achieved in the final phase of drilling at its Talapoosa gold property in Nevada. Drilling in the Bear Creek zone returned 285 ft of 0.081 oz…

A geochemical study conducted by the Geological Survey of Canada has come up with some interesting base metal anomalies in a relatively unexplored area south of Rimouski, Que. The GSC says it receiv…

The American Mining Congress (AMC) has called for the reauthorization of the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act for a further three years at an annual funding level of $1.5 million(US). The AMC to…

The big news here and just about everywhere was the recent and long awaited upswing in gold prices. While most analysts have learned not to make hard and fast predictions on what gold will do over the…

First-quarter financial results for Pioneer Metals Corp. (TSE) show a net loss of $330,000 or 2 cents a share compared with a loss of $46,000 for the period ended Mar 31, 1988. The company is expecti…

A $13 surge in the price of gold did wonders for the beleaguered gold and silver index which advanced by more than 320 pts — or about 6%. Turmoil in China and the death of Iran’s Ayatollah were two o…

Toronto-based McNickel Inc. slipped 20 cents lower to close at $3.30 on a volume of 21,500 shares this week. The company expects to have drills turning soon on its Lac St. Jean, Que., nickel-copper pr…

A proposal to consolidate its shares and change its name is in conflict with the rules of The Toronto Stock Exchange, Lytton Minerals (TSE) has learned. The proposal, if accepted by shareholders, woul…

Vancouver’s Coral Gold (TSE) has added a further 3,000 acres of mineral claims to its Robertson gold mine holdings in Nevada. Coral now holds 11,000 acres at Robertson, an open pit, heap leach gold mi…

Placer Dome Inc. (TSE) has assumed management of the Mexican Hat project in Arizona from Oneida Resources (VSE). Placer has an option on the property giving it the right to earn a 60% interest by maki…

Shareholders of Consolidated Thompson-Lundmark Gold Mines (TSE) and Quebec Cobalt and Exploration (ME) recently approved an amalgamation of the two companies. The two juniors are related in that they …

Midas Minerals (TSE) has acquired what few junior mining companies have — cash flow. The company, via a subsidiary company McKendry Quarries Ltd., has purchased the business and assets of limestone p…