Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Edmonton-based Echo Bay Mines (TSE) has completed the purchase of $23.5 million in convertible debt securities of Muscocho Explorations (TSE), Flanagan McAdam Resources (TSE) and McNellen Resources (V…

Will someone please explain what is going on, to an ignorant, uneducated holder of many Canadian mining stocks? First, an article in The Northern Miner (April 11/88), stating that a huge new corporati…

A new $1-billion aluminum smelter to be built by a consortium of Japanese, European and North American firms is in the works for Quebec, according to the Quebec provincial government. The site has not…

Just how serious Murray Pezim is about keeping control of Delaware Resources (VSE) has become more than evident. Several companies in his Prime Capital Group have announced plans to purchase Delaware …

A bulk sampling program at the Theresa gold property near Longlac, Ont., will mine out up to 3,000 tons of rock for testing, partners Duration Mines (TSE) and Locator Explorations (VSE) say. In last w…

Operations at Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting’s (TSE) Ruttan copper mine at Leaf Rapids, Man., are at a standstill after 330 employees called a strike at midnight, May 31. In the latest setback for the…

Like a breath of fresh air on a humid Toronto afternoon, a 3-day rally which has added more than 100 pts to the composite index couldn’t have come at a better time. With the market testing post-crash …

Through a number of private placements and flow-through share agreements, Calgary-based Stratabound Minerals (ASE) has raised about $800,000 to finance exploration on its New Brunswick and Northwest T…

Royex Gold Mining Corp – Peter McBride appointed director, public and investor relations and Igor Levental, director, acquisition and evaluations…

A quiet market this week — volume slipped to 2.6 million shares one day — suddenly turned bullish on the final day of our report period, with the market portfolio gaining more than 39 pts and the mi…

The Nickel Plate mine of Mascot Gold Mines (TSE) reported an operating profit of $8.3 million for the quarter ended March 31. During that period, Mascot paid off $10 million of its gold loan, equivale…

By leasing the former Venus mill from an affiliate, Omni Resources (VSE) hopes to have its Skukum Creek gold property in production later this summer. The mill was previously leased from United Keno H…