Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A wholly-owned subsidiary of federal Crown corporation Eldorado Nuclear has received environmental approval to go ahead with a 3-pronged mine development plan in northern Saskatchewan. Estimated to co…

** year ** With $3 million needed for expanded exploration programs on three placer gold projects, Calgary- based Gold City Resources is attempting to raise $1,750,000 during the current year. L…

The Ontario Securities Commission is expected to issue a new policy on financing junior resource companies during the first week of February. The new policy is expected to be implemented April 1. The …

Lower gold prices are having a very negative impact on the Vancouver market which has still not recovered from the Oct 19 crash. Analysts conclude that forward sales have probably capped gold prices f…

Breakwater Resources has completed the private placement of 276,000 flow-through shares at $6.325 per share for total proceeds of $1,745,700. The money will be used to fund exploration work on mineral…

Call it luck, good timing or good management — all three helped Cominco enjoy a very successful first year under Teck control. The luck Teck seems blessed with, good management it is renowned for, an…

The long dormant Highmont mill of Teck Corp. will be incorporated into the Highland Valley Copper partnership which until now only included Cominco Ltd. and Lornex Mining. Cominco and Lornex put their…

With $28 million(US) in its treasury and access to a $35-million bullion facility, Goldenbell Re sources says it is adequately financed to bring the Pine Tree gold project in Mariposa Cty., Calif., in…

Having completed a $1-million exploration program to earn 60% of Currie Rose Resources’ Laonil Lake gold property in northern Saskatchewan, Placer Dome is planning another sizeable drill program start…

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…

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…

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…