Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Assay results from the first phase diamond drill program on the Golden Stranger claims has returned a 10 ft section grading 0.207 oz gold per ton, according to the joint venture partners in the Toodog…

Cuvier — J. Lundrigan bought 12,500 to hold 183,000. Dundee-Palliser — Cons Talcorp sold 46,000 to hold nil. Kerr Addison — I. Bayer sold 6,000 (May) to hold 56,261. Mark Res — K. Hebben sold 100,…

Goldstake Exploration, which says the company is about to start producing gold from tailings, was steady at $2.40-$2.80. Volume was 33,000 shares for the week. The company has ground which covers a po…

Veteran prospector Emerson Huck Thompson died recently at Durham, Ont., in his 81st year. Thompson, who prospected for many years for Conwest Exploration, did most of his lifetime work in Ontario and …

From the South African Chamber of Mines’ Newsletter While tons of ore milled by primary gold mines, members of the Chamber, remained constant at 107.6 million tons in 1987, gold production fell by som…

If asked which mining company is the largest gold producer in Canada, from Canadian gold-mining properties, you probably wouldn’t have any trouble in identifying Placer Dome (TSE). The gold giant is o…

Assays of up to 0.161 oz gold per ton over 35 ft were recently reported by Lord River Gold Mines (VSE) from a Phase I drill program on the Trout Creek property located at the south end of the Carlin T…

About 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle and just a short flight to Alaska’s border with the Soviet Union, Cominco Ltd. (TSE) is rapidly developing its Red Dog mine, the largest and richest zinc dis…

A 20% increase in silver production is expected by Coeur d’Alene Mines in 1988, according to Dennis Wheeler, president and chief executive officer. Over-all production for the year is expected to be s…

Bullion registered a strong $9 gain this week to $444.80 (US) on London’s second fix today. Gold reacted to a sell-off of U.S. dollars and renewed hostilities between Iran and Iraq in the Persian Gulf…

ONTARIO Released From Escrow Red Lake Buffalo — 475,000 shs released. VANCOUVER Etruscan — 250,000 offered @ 68 cents per sh. Int’l Baron — gross proceeds rec $487,000. Dual — 400,000 offered @ m…

I would like to bring to your attention a most unjust situation which I recently encountered as a small investor, confronted with a forced share sale. A large foreign company, Western Mining Corp. Hol…