Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Drilling by Proteus Resources, an affiliate of Silverside Resources, has intersected a new mineralized zone on the company’s Garrison property. Located in Garrison Twp., Ont., the property is subject …

It’s called the first Canadian Conference on Computer Applications in the Mineral Industry, but it’s actually an international first. And, according to one of the organizers, the event shows that Cana…

The annual convention of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (pdac) just keeps on growing. This year’s edition at Toronto’s Royal York Hotel drew more than 4,000 delegates (surpassing…

Another gold property in Halifax Cty., N.S. will likely start pouring gold at a commercial rate July 1, 1988. Toronto-listed Coxheath Gold Holdings announced at its annual meeting in Halifax this week…

A relative newcomer to Nova Scotia gold action is Midas Minerals. President Karl Skobe has said that although the company is based in Toronto, its largest investor base is in the Sudbury area of Ontar…

Australian mining company Ashton Operations Inc., an affiliate of Ashton Mining Ltd., has acquired an option to earn an interest in claims held by Freewest Resources. Ashton can earn a 65% interest in…

The significance of gold in the reserves held by central banks is often overlooked. This may be because these gold bullion holdings are often included in official statistics at artificially low valuat…

The Tillicum Mountain gold property of Esperanza Explorations should see production early in 1989. The property is near Burton in southeastern British Columbia. The project, to cost an estimated $5 mi…

An additional 909,100 shares of Wharf Resources have been purchased by Dickenson Mines of Toronto, boosting the latter’s holding in the former to about 5.7 million shares, or 32.8% Dickenson, which re…

A joint venture agreement between Chutine Resources and Ateba Mines gives the latter the right to earn a 50% interest in Chutine’s Stover gold- silver property near Missanabie, Ont. Abeta must spend $…

Gold has tumbled sharply in recent days. The absence of any obvious inflationary pressure in the U.S., a firmer U.S. dollar and the market’s perception that the U.S. economy may be slipping into reces…

Exploration work has resumed at Newhawk Gold Mines’ Sulphurets project north of Stewart, B.C. The company has a 60% interest in the property and Granduc Mines 40% Newhawk President Donald A. McLeod ex…