Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A 25% interest has been earned by Ronrico Explorations (VSE) in the Simkar gold project near Val d’Or, Que. An agreement between Ronrico and Fonteneau Resources required the former to spend $2 million…

Steeped in the folklore of the Klondike and the great gold rush of 1896, the Yukon Territory is once again making a significant contribution to Canada’s cumulative gold output. But this time the produ…

Recently increasing its interest in Nova-Cogesco Resources (TSE) to about 25%, on a fully diluted basis, was MSV Resources (ME). The latter is buying 690,000 shares of Nova-Cogesco at $1.75 per share,…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold (per oz) $449.10 — $ 8.90 Silver (per oz) $ 6.37 — $ 0.10 Platinum (per oz) $518.50 — $16.50 Copper (per lb) $ 0.97 — $ 0.03…

In our January issue we announced that Wagner Mining Equipment of Portland, Ore., is marketing an electrical-powered scoop equipped with a 1/2-cu-yd bucket and a diesel-powered scoop of the same size….

Members of the mining exploration community received some indication here last week that the federal government is about to back down from its plan to weaken flow-through shares. Robert Jones, directo…

Editor’s note: The key operating people at any Canadian mine and mill were once concerned almost solely with meeting production quotas. Not anymore. At the better operations, getting more work out of …

Encouraging drill results have been reported by Val d’Or Resources (ME) and Abcourt Mines (ME) from the northern part of the Vendome property located 30 miles north of Val d’Or, Que., and three miles …

We are appalled by the inaccuracies and misinterpretations in the two articles in your April 15 issue relating to recent agreements between Echo Bay Mines and three companies of our group. Your front-…

Reserves at the Tartan Lake gold project of Granges Exploration (TSE) and Abermin Corp. (TSE) may be lower than the “drill-indicated grade originally set out in the feasibility study,” says Abermin pr…

The spectre of the Oct 19 market downturn may still be casting a long shadow across North American equity markets, but a number of Alberta gold stocks showed significant increases during trading this …

With a conditional listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange and $1 million in working capital, International Thunderwood Explorations (VSE) is preparing to forge ahead with work on a number of key proper…