Editorial Takeover binge looms for juniors
With the winding down of flow-through financing and stiffening taxes on capital gains, raising of risk capital in this country is bound to become more difficult. Hardest hit by these latest untimely a…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
High grade assays for Can-Mac
High grading assays have been received by Can-Mac Exploration and Glen Auden Resources from their gold properties in the Swayze area south of Timmins, Ont. Stripping on the Topboot Lake property has e…
Market info added
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Audrey’s Mobrun lens guarantees new mill
Partners Audrey Resources (TSE) and Minnova Inc. (TSE) have turned up yet another important discovery at the Mobrun polymetallic mine near Rouyn-Noranda, Que., The Northern Miner has learned. Operator…
New partner for Sikaman in West Africa gold venture
Within months of a production decision for a gold mining property in Ghana, West Africa, a change in the membership of the project’s joint venture partnership has occurred. Remaining as a major shareh…
Talisman hole down-dip
Talisman Mines says that a strong intersection completed by Placer Dome Inc on a gold property is not as encouraging as was initially believed. The 20-m section which graded 6.7 g gold per tonne (0.19…
Redfern and Cominco plan more drilling
A $1.5-million surface and underground exploration program is being considered by Redfern Resources (VSE) and Cominco Ltd. (TSE) for the Tulsequah Chief massive sulphide property on the Tulsequah Rive…
Lacana’s Santa Fe swells Euro-Nevada royalty assets
After six months of negotiations, Toronto-based Euro-Nevada Mining (TSE) has added another gold property to its list of Nevada royalty holdings, the company said recently. Euro-Nevada has acquired a 1…
Goldteck find high grade at Wilkinson Lake prospect
Toronto-based Goldteck Mines (TSE) has pulled a high grade gold intersection while drilling at the Wilkinson Lake property in Beardmore, Ont., the company announced recently. Hole No. 87-17 intersecte…
Teck considers options at Montcalm nickel deposit
In light of the current strength in nickel prices, Teck Corp. (TSE) is considering several options for its Montcalm Twp., nickel-copper deposit located 35 miles northwest of Timmins, Ont. Hosting rese…
Largest research team being built by Yorkton
The largest mining research team in Canada is being established by Yorkton Securities. Using a formula which has proven popular in Europe, but remains new to the Canadian scene, Yorkton is building a …
Breakwater sees record production and profits
The past year has been one of tremendous change and growth for Breakwater Resources (TSE). The company turned in record production and profits, became free of bank debt and paid its first semi-annual …