Ponask feasibility study
A feasibility study has been started by Lake Ponask Gold (TSE) on a small zinc-lead deposit in Jamaica. Known as the Hope mine, the property produced an unknown quantity of zinc and lead from 1500-186…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Epp preparing miners for era of deficit control
Even though he was named Minister of Energy Mines and Resources in January, Jake Epp still gets calls from anxious reporters looking for answers on issues from AIDS to daycare. While, the 49-year-old …
Placer Dome options McKenzie Break project
Mining giant Placer Dome (TSE) has signed a letter of intent with Tundra Gold Mines (VSE) to earn a 60% interest in the McKenzie Break gold properties near Val d’Or, Que. The 406-claim group is locate…
N.B. confident in MDA negotiations (March 13, 1989)
Having negotiated the country’s first Mineral Development Agreement (MDA) with the federal government in 1984, the government of New Brunswick (now under Frank McKenna’s Liberals) is confident a secon…
Freewest, Yellow Band
Freewest Resources (ME) has optioned 110 claims in the Dolbeau area of Quebec to Yellow Band Resources (VSE). The claims are four miles south of a nickel discovery made near Lac St. Jean by another co…
Tightening supply of TiO 2 foreseen
The uses for titanium dioxide are numerous. It has application in paint, plastics, paper, rubber, synthetic fibres, ink, adhesives, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, food, welding rods, catalysts, color pig…
Gamsan intersects deep sulphide zone
A recently completed deep drill hole on Gamsan Resources’ Brabant Lake property in northern Saskatchewan has intersected significant sulphide mineralization. Hole 88-11, drilled to a depth of more tha…
Toronto Stock Exchange Firming golds and base metals move indices
A round of buying has pushed the composite index back over the 3600-pt mark. Today’s trading saw 11.67 pts added to the index which closed at 3632.42 pts on volume of 24.9 million shares. The week lon…
London analyst has high praise for Galactic
The London bureau of Yorkton Securities has issued a glowing report on Galactic Resources (TSE) and its new gold mine. Claiming the “skeptics have been proven wrong about the Ridgeway gold mine,” York…
MacLellan production up
The MacLellan gold mine near Lynn Lake, Man., produced 55,188 oz of gold in 1988 — up almost 40% from the 39,624 oz produced in the previous year. Credit for the turnaround goes to LynnGold Resources…
Obituary Ralph Mitchell
Ralph “Mitch” Mitchell, involved in moving the Sherritt Gordon plant and town from Sherridon to Lynngold in Manitoba, died recently in The Pas, Man. He was 75. Mitchell was born in Toronto on Dec 13, …
Montreal Exchange Aur chasing Louvem
The market was full of positive news this past week, with the general index gaining more than 30 pts and the mining and minerals index jumping almost 50 pts. Daily volumes were moderate, in the range …