Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Abruptly closed in 1969, the old Mount Nansen gold mine is now being looked at seriously by Chevron Canada and Vancouver-based B.Y.G Resources. From a distance it still looks like an operating mine an…

Vancouver-based Fleck Resources has signed an agreement with Coventry Ventures to earn a 55% interest in Coventry’s Bedivere Lake platinum project near Thunder Bay, Ont. Under the terms of the agreeme…

Laboratory analyses of six gold ore samples from mines near Fairbanks, Alaska, revealed substantial amounts of platinum, leading U.S. Geological Survey scientists to conclude in a report that the area…

I was appalled to see Giant Bay’s microbes described as “killer bugs” and “aggressive” in the Sept 7 issue of The Northern Miner. These characterizations are totally erroneous. As with all developers …

What can only be described as an insatiable demand for gold stocks continues to bolster the Vancouver market. Despite some negative signs on the horizon, the market’s fundamentals are still pretty goo…

Vancouver-based Aber Resources says it is encouraged by drilling results at its Butterfly Lake project in the Northwest Territories’ Mackenzie district. Located 15 miles southeast of the Lupin mine wh…

A total of $6 million has been set aside by St. Genevieve Resources to sink an exploration shaft and do lateral exploration work on the company’s 12-claim Fourax property in Fourniere twp., near Malar…

Reporting encouraging gold values from two of the first three holes assayed from an 11,000-ft drilling program at the joint-venture Tyranite mine property near the northern Ontario town of Gowganda ar…

Skylark Resources has entered into an agreement with a U.S. company to earn a 60% interest in a claim block located within the Carlin trend in Nevada. The property is surrounded on two sides by Ameri…

With the composite 300 index off 7.3 pts at today’s close to 3,902.37 pts., the market continues to exhibit its volatile nature, which might best be illustrated by a gold and silver index that set a r…

Averaging costs in 1986 at 147 primary gold mines, Mine Development Bimonthly calculates that 50% of the gold cost less that $200(US) per oz to produce, with 75% of the gold produced at or under $230….

MFC Mining Finance says it will purchase VenturesTrident’s 25% joint-venture interest in Cactus Gold Mines’ operating heap-leach gold mine in California, 50 miles northeast of Los Angeles, in return f…