Articles by Northern Miner Staff

For the second time in just over a year, a group of Toronto investors has promised to reactivate Black Hawk Mining and inject some new capital into the Toronto-listed shell company. Dynamic Capital Co…

CSA Management Ltd. plans to contest the outcome of a close vote at a special meeting of limited partners of Equity Preservation Corp. and Equity Reserve Corp., two closed-end flow-through funds. The …

Minnova’s exploration activity in 1987 continued to focus on polymetallic massive sulphide base and precious metal mineralization in selected paleo volcanic environments in Quebec, Ontario and British…

Drilling by RCJ Resources has extended the known dimensions of the Sakoose gold zone. Located in northwestern Ontario, the Sakoose mine was a former producer which yielded 3,669 oz of gold from ore gr…

Life in the North American goldfish bowl is becoming much more exciting for publicly-traded companies with gold reserves and production potential. Indeed, the predatory fish themselves are being pursu…

The federal government isn’t budging on its commitment to phasing out the earned depletion portion of flow-through shares, Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Marcel Masse has announced. But he says …

Having recently changed its name from Parkside Petroleum, Bethlehem Resources is now changing its focus from oil and gas to mining. Headed by Henry Ewanchuk, a past president of Mascot Gold and former…

Denison Mines has declared a stock dividend equivalent to 25 cents on its class A and B shares payable in the form of class B shares on Mar 11 to shareholders of record Mar 9. A cash dividend was last…

The following is a list of exploration in the Red Lake area over the past year and projected activities for 1988. Re-exploring known sites Much of the exploration activity in 1987 was dedicated to …

There was once a time when almost every home had a coalbin in the cellar. Shiny black nuggets rolled into the bin from the coalman’s truck providing fuel for the furnace. The coalbin held a certain fa…

Most gold deposits in Nevada’s Carlin trend are associated with north-south-trending normal faults in both upper and lower plate rocks adjacent to the Roberts Mountain thrust fault. In recent years, h…

With major programs completed on several of the company’s properties, 1987 was a busy year for Consolidated Silver Standard Mines, shareholders learned at the annual meeting. Approximately $1 million …