Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Villeneuve Resources (VSE) has completed the staking of four additional claim blocks in the Mishibishu area west of Wawa, Ont. The staking has increased the company’s ground position in this camp to 2…

While no further work is contemplated at the present time on the Red Lake area gold property of Craibbe-Fletcher Gold Mines (COATS), at such time as access can be provided from the underground working…

Lest there be any doubt, First Toronto Capital (TSE) is “first and foremost a mining house,” President Chrisilios Kyriakou told shareholders at the annual meeting in Toronto. First Toronto, which went…

With production about to commence at the Cruse Belmont gold- silver project near Helena, Mont., Cusac Industries (TSE) reports it has increased its participation from 30% to 50% in the property throug…

In a busy year, Power Explorations (TSE) spent $8.6 million on a number of gold properties in the Opapimiskan Lake, Pickle Lake and Dryden areas of northwestern Ontario. The company recently increased…

Reno, Nevada will be the site Oct. 13-15 of a presentation Gold Exploration; Techniques and Problems by the Society of Mining Engineers. Technical sessions will include such topics as new models for g…

The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) is expressing concern over the potential deterioration of services provided by the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines to the…

Further exploratory drilling will be carried out on the Kidd Twp. properties of Chance Mining and Exploration Co. (COATS) in the Timmins area this year, President M. Zurowski states in the annual repo…

Diamond drilling is expected to begin in the next few weeks at International Maggie Mines’ (VSE) Indian River property six miles southeast of Squamish, B.C. The property falls under an option agreemen…

Labor troubles and a higher demand by the automobile industry are among the reasons given for the rise in the price of zinc to dizzying levels. The base metal, which last year averaged 36 cents (US) p…

July 1, Canada Day, will mark the beginning of a new major mining company in Canada. That’s the day a merger of Eldorado Nuclear and the Saskatchewan Mining Development Corporation is expected to clos…

Junior-mining company Normabec Resources of Rouyn-Noranda, Que., was recently listed for trading on the Montreal Exchange (symbol NMB). The company owns eight properties in a number of Quebec township…