Articles by Northern Miner Staff

It is now a year since Canadian mining markets — indeed security markets the world over — began to flatten down. We in this country have been fortunate in that, despite our decline on the markets, o…

Most of the ore at Detour Lake lies adjacent to the contact between an ultramafic unit and a series of mafic volcanics. Gold is primarily localized in quartz- pyrrhotite/pyrite/ chalcopyrite structure…

Probing deep under the water and mud of the west middle arm of Steep Rock Lake, near Atikokan, Ont., a series of eight vertical diamond drill holes has punctured what appears to be a big deposit of he…

The latest economic developments are extremely interesting for the Canadian metal-mining industry. Inflation psychology has been injected into business and finance. An increase in commodity prices ove…

A 3% interest in the Siscoe- extension property, located six km northwest of Val d’Or, Que., is being acquired by Armeno Resources from Maufort Resources. Maufort has an 85% interest in the property. …

In a recent announcement that should have surprised no one, Minnova Inc. of Toronto said it will put its massive sulphide Ansil copper project in northwestern Quebec into production, with start-up exp…

A junior mining firm incorporated in 1985, Exploration Vent d’Or (Gold Wind Exploration) of Val d’Or, Que., was recently listed for trading on the Montreal Exchange (symbol von). The company was origi…

An $8.8-million(US) gold loan has been completed by Pacific Trans-Ocean Resources with Lloyds Bank Plc. The financing will cover funding for the Ketza River gold mine development under way in the Yuko…

Stock brokers see their job as one of bringing together buyers and sellers of securities for their mutual benefit. For their services, brokers have traditionally received a handsome fee. But times a…

Partners Skylark Resources and Pic Prospectors International say deep drilling will not begin at the Pan property at Carlin, Nev., until mid-April. The program was originally scheduled to begin this m…

A new gold zone has been uncovered by Ego Resources of Toronto on its Goudreau gold property near Wawa, Ont., the company reports. To date, 26 holes have intersected a gold-bearing shear zone which ha…

Demand for nickel in a period of tight supply is driving the price of the base metal sky-high. The spot price for nickel on the London Metal Exchange (lme) had risen to the $8.70(US)-per-lb range at p…