Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Given the present dangerous state of affairs in South Africa, on the face of it it’s probably a good move — certainly a shrewd move — for that country’s mining giants, Anglo American Corp. and De Be…

Deeper drilling, to 500 ft, has doubled inferred reserves on the Richardson Lake property, 70 miles east of Red Lake, Ont. Owned and operated by Golden Terrace Resources the project now has 200,000 to…

By the early 1990s, the Pickle- Opapimiskan Lakes area in northwestern Ontario could have four gold mines in operation producing more than 200,000 oz of gold. Such a production forecast, combined with…

St. Genevieve Resources and Societe en Commandite Sofimines 1987 have entered into an agreement whereby Sofimines will contribute $326,400 towards the former’s exploration programs in exchange for 65,…

C. Eric Ho, former senior vice- president for tungsten operations in the metals group at Amax Inc, has died, of a heart attack, at age 61. Ho retired from Amax last January after a 29-year career with…

It’s ironic that Gerard Docquier would come down so clearly against free trade. His comments as national director of the 160,000 Canadian members of the United Steelworkers of America seem to be an ex…

Tse- and vse-listed U.S. Precious Metals Inc. has arranged a private placement of 900,000 shares for $629,000. The placement includes warrants good for an additonal 900,000 shares at 85 cents within …

Now in a much healthier financial position and with revenues of more than $600,000(us) annually still flowing from its U.S. oil and gas interests, Ronrico Explorations is turning strongly to gold. The…

The commissioning of a tailings reclamation project by Eastmaque Gold Mines is expected to start in December, the company says. The project will process gold mine tailings in the Kirkland Lake, Ont., …

A 65 ton-per- day mill will begin processing ore from Richwell Resources’ Blackstone gold property in Elmore Cty., Idaho, by mid-January. The mill, which cost $135,000, is being installed in Fairfield…

A total of 10,000 ft of drilling is planned by vse-listed Baroque Resources on two properties optioned from Homestake Mineral Development and Conwest Exploration in the Miminiska Lake area of Thunder …

Mark V Petroleums and Mines has received some encouraging assay results from its wholly-owned Bagdad Gold property in Granite Cty., Mont. After lying idle for over 40 years the property was rediscover…