Jonpol annual meeting
A little more than a year after drilling its discovery hole on the Newfield property, Jonpol Explorations (TSE) has blocked out a drill- indicated reserve of 1.3 million tons grading 0.231 oz gold per…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Greenstone gets 100% of Millie Mack
Greenstone Resources (TSE) has entered into an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Millie Mack gold-silver property near Burton, B.C. The property covers a large tonnage low grade gold-silver …
ATLANTIC REPORT Coxheath Gold’s first gold pour
Coxheath Gold Holdings (TSE) of Bedford, N.S., made its first gold pour in late June at its Tangier, Halifax Cty., gold property and is now pouring 150 to 160 oz per week from the mill’s bulk test fee…
Sonora Gold Corp
An operating loss of $2 million was realized by Sonora Gold Corp.’s (TSE) Jamestown gold mine in California for the first half of this year. The project, which generated revenues of $19.3 million from…
Franco-Nevada tries to get full value from Goldstrike bet
Toronto-based Franco-Nevada Mining (TSE) is planning to make the most of its royalty interest in American Barrick Resources’ (TSE) Goldstrike property near Carlin, Nev. Franco-Nevada holds a 4% net sm…
FINANCING (September 05, 1988)
Fireball — gross proceeds rec $225,000. Hildon — gross proceeds rec $157,500. Pennilane — gross proceeds rec $105,000. Sukuma — 400,000 sold for gross $140,000. …
Bachelor Lake to spend $2m after securing Flordin bet
After securing Cambior Inc.’s (TSE) 51% stake in the Flordin gold property in Desjardins Twp., Que., Bachelor Lake Gold Mines (TSE) is preparing to raise $2 million for exploration at the project. Loc…
Yukon busy at ex-producer in Slocan mining district
Exploration of the old underground workings at Yukon Minerals’ (ASE) Senator gold/silver claims near Slocan, B.C. is scheduled to begin almost immediately, the company said recently. Located 8 km sout…
Letters THE LOWDOWN ON THE ALPINE LOADER
I was interested to read the article in the June issue of your magazine entitled “High-Speed Mucking” and especially the portion on the Voest Alpine AL-60 loader. Unfortunately, the writer does not ap…
Specs WANNA RAISE?
When you want to ventilate the deepest levels of a mine or when you’re in charge of mining the highest-grade uranium deposit in the world, you’re pretty well limited to one kind of machine to get the …
BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS
Busy Little Bacteria II: One way to deal with ores which contain gold trapped in the crystal lattice of arsenopyrite is to feed it to microscopic bacteria. These little microbes oxidize the sulphides,…
PGM PERFECT
The six platinum group metals (PGMs) are elements that possess unique chemical and physical characteristics. Members of the group have been in high demand by jewellers since their discovery in ancient…