Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Judith Erola has been elected a director of Inco Ltd. She is president Pharmaceitical Manufacturers Association of Canada and served as federal mines minister in the early 1980s. A new reorganization …

The Cape Breton Development Corp. (DEVCO), a federal Crown corporation created in 1967, is eastern Canada’s major coal producer. DEVCO operates three submarine coal mines, including the new Phalen Col…

Doctor in your November, 1987 issue. I would like to bring to your attention that the story should have stated that partial funding of this project was made possible by a grant from the National Resea…

Quintette Coal is located near Tumbler Ridge in northeastern British Columbia. It has long-term contracts for the supply of five million tonnes per year (plus or minus 5%) of high-quality metallurgica…

Trading activity in Vancouver has been mixed for the past week, reflecting in part weaker gold prices and the stronger U.S. dollar. At presstime the market index stood at 1,159.6, down marginally from…

A $400,000 exploration program by Oliver Gold will earn that company an 80% interest in Cominco’s Fairview gold property near Oliver in south central British Columbia. The company first obtained 40% o…

A private placement agreement has been arranged between Kewag ama Gold Mines and a private investor who is also a company director. The company will issue a maximum of 250,000 common shares and a mini…

He’s not listed in the Who’s Who of Canadian Business. Not many academics trained in the esoterica of rock mechanics are. But if his ambitious plans work out, Dr Marc Denis Everell certainly would des…

The Klondike Placer Miners Association, along with the Dawson City Chamber of Commerce, is sponsoring a Gold Show in Dawson City, Yukon, on May 27-28. The Association says the event will be a comprehe…

Pacific Concord — Peter Simon, Richard Vogel and James Wright appointed directors.

An underground work program has started on the Madoc, Ont., gold property held under option by Micham Exploration. The $2.3-million program will include a 1,000-ft- long decline ramp extending to a de…

Each of nine metallic minerals included in an estimate of 1987 mineral output in Canada by the federal department of Energy, Mines and Resources showed an increase in volume of output during the year….