Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Jascan, Atlantic resolve differences with new deal

Toronto-based affiliates Jascan Resources and Atlantic Goldfields (COATS) recently resolved their differences after internal squabbles threatened to develop into a hostile control battle. The two comp…



Black Hawk buys Minago nickel prospect

Black Hawk Mining (TSE) has acquired the right to purchase a 75% interest in a large nickel deposit in Manitoba from Canamax Resources (TSE). Known as the Minago property, past drilling by Amax Canada…


Drilling cuts PGM values at Big Trout Lake property

International Platinum Corp. (TSE) has drilled its best holes ever on the Big Trout Lake platinum- palladium property in Ontario. Five of tens holes intersected platinum- palladium values in excess of…


Sherritt acquires titanium equipment

Equipment and related technology which can be used to produce titanium and titanium alloy powders have been acquired by Sherritt Gordon (TSE). The company says it will be able to develop a new line of…


Magnacon project in break-in phase

The Magnacon gold project in northern Ontario suffered a couple of weeks delay but it is up and running and precipitating gold, said a spokesman for Muscocho Explorations (TSE). Steve Brunelle, vice-p…


Bunker Hill drilling returns good intercept

Underground drilling has encountered a probable extension to the Quill zone at the Bunker Hill zinc-lead-silver mine at Kellogg, Idaho (N.M., May 22/89). Bunker Hill Mining (VSE) re-activated the oper…


Bank tells Chelsea to pay $2.1 m loan

Toronto-based Chelsea Resources (VSE) was recently negotiating with several mining groups in a bid to resolve its financial problems. Chelsea and its wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary Chelsea Resources (U….


Priority Maintenance

Out of a total workforce of about 412 (including salaried employees on staff), the fact that Key Lake’s maintenance department employs 154 workers says something about the operation’s priorities. “May…


SEISMIC REFLECTION

In many respects, seismic reflection profiling is like listening to a voice echoed from a cliff. For land seismic surveying, sound is either generated by explosions or by powerful radio-controlled vib…


50 YEARS AGO HARRY OAKES WINS BARONETCY

Harry Oakes, staker and original president of Lake Shore Mines, Limited, and pioneer engineer-prospector of the Kirkland Lake district, added another distinction to his already long list when he was c…


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