Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A key item on the 1989 agenda for Pioneer Metals Corp. (TSE) will be rebuilding financial strength, President Robert Willis told shareholders at the recent annual meeting. The company’s financial diff…

A partnership is being formed by Montana Resources and Asarco Inc. to own the former’s Montana copper-mining business. Asarco will purchase a 49.9% interest in the partnership, with Montana Resources …

Marking its 75th anniversary with record earnings of $105 million, it’s not surprising there weren’t many shareholder questions at Teck Corp.’s (TSE) annual meeting. But that’s the price a company has…

This is a market like no other. Mining has seldom been in such a favorable position, yet mining stocks just can’t capture the attention of investors. Commodity prices for everything but gold and silve…

From a report by Max Matte, secretary-manager of the Canadian Diamond Drillers Assocation (CDDA), to the association’s annual general meeting in Quebec City recently. The year 1988 does not have what …

Toronto-based investment firm Oxford Acquisitions Inc. recently launched a $100-million law suit against Granges Exploration (TSE) and Outokumpu over a recent deal involving the Trout Lake mine in Man…

A net loss of $2.5 million or 9 cents per share was reported by Hecla Mining (NYSE) in the first quarter. This compares to earnings of $4.9 million or 18 cents for the same period last year. Produc…

New reserves have been discovered at the No 6 shaft of the Francoeur property near Rouyn-Noranda, Que., from recent exploration work on the 10th and 11th levels, Rouyn Mining Resources (TSE) reports. …

We in the mining industry have a direct stake in the protection of our Arctic islands from challenges to our sovereignty. We should, therefore, view with alarm the decision against nuclear submarines….

Publishers are sometimes prone to overstatement as evidenced by “The Death of Mining” cover on the December 1984 edition of Business Week, a leading United States financial publication. That cover sto…

Noront Resources (VSE) says recent drilling has intersected significant gold values on its Chisholm Island property in northwestern Ontario. The property, under option from Noranda Exploration, is sit…

After spending a further $560,000 at the Rich Gulch project last year, Inca Resources (TSE) is looking closely at this California gold project as a possible producer. Inca is 20.5% owned by ABM Gold C…