Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The Kidd Creek orebody is a massive base metal sulphide deposit with surface dimensions of 168m by 670 m. The steeply dipping orebody has been evaluated to a depth of 1,524 m. To date, mining has been…

A rockburst is defined as sudden and violent failure of rock. During the failure process, excess energy is liberated as kinetic (or seismic) energy, which causes the surrounding rock mass to vibrate. …

R. Anthony (Tony) Barker, who was in charge of AMAX’s Canadian exploration activities during the late 1950s and 1960s, died recently in an automobile accident in Portugal. Born in Vancouver in 1924, B…

Negotiations are progressing towards an amalgamation of Crown Resource Corp. (NASDAQ), Gold Texas Resources (VSE), and Gold Capital Corp. (Spokane). Specific details of the merger are pending awaiting…

After deciding that it can’t be all things to all analysts, Toronto-based Roman Corp. (TSE) has emerged in 1988 as a much leaner holding company. In 1987, the company’s consolidated earnings before ex…

Underground sampling and drilling on the Dome Mountain property has returned high grade gold values, Teeshin Resources (VSE) reports. Located near Smithers, B.C., the Dome Mountain project is owned by…

At presstime for this issue, Falconbridge Ltd.(TSE) Chairman William James told The Northern Miner he was confident the company would get a quick ruling from the Ontario Securities Commission on a Fal…

Inco Ltd. is doing some mine development work from which it will never make a cent. And it doesn’t expect to. Purely in the interests of science, the giant nickel company is enlarging and preparing …

Backed by the financial muscle of its England-based parent company, Rio Algom Ltd. (TSE) of Toronto is back in the exploration business. While company executives have declined to be specific about Rio…

Toronto-listed NovaGold Resources reports intersecting 11.9 ft of gold mineralization grading 0.407 oz gold per ton on the Summit property in New Mexico. The intersection was part of a larger 91.9-ft …

Shareholders of McChip Resources (TSE) were told at the recent annual meeting the company is close to acquiring its 50% interest in 72 claims located east of Timmins, Ont., in Stock, Macklem and Germa…

With over $5 million in its treasury, Noble Peak Resources (ASE) says it is making progress with a number of exploration programs in the Northwest Territories. Due to a revision of the flow- through f…