Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The third annual International Tin Symposium organized by Metals & Minerals Publications will take place Nov 31-Dec 1 at London’s Cafe Royal. Title of this year’s gathering is “Tin — A Shining Future…

Initial results from the Theresa mine project shared equally by Duration Mines and Locator Explorations have been encouraging, the companies say. The 3-compartment shaft, which has been dewatered to a…

Significant gold intersections from an initial drilling program in the Macho-Rouleau area of northwestern Quebec have been reported by joint venture partners Beaufield Resources and Falconbridge Ltd. …

On Oct 4, negotiators for Canada and the United States reached agreement on the substance of a free trade agreement. The agreement still must be approved by the U.S. Congress and by the Parliament of …

A stay of execution has been granted Lac Minerals in the Page Williams gold mine transfer by Justice Alvin B. Rosenberg of the Supreme Court of Ontario, pending Lac’s application for leave to appeal t…

Production is scheduled to begin in February at Cliff Resources’ Olinghouse placer gold mine in Nevada, the company reports. Cliff is forecasting a production rate of 25,000 oz gold per year; three ye…

In our Oct 5 edition, it was reported that Fleck Resources can earn a 55% interest in Coventry Ventures’ Bedivere Lake platinum poject near Thunder Bay, by spending $1 million on exploration before Oc…

A private placement of shares and warrants will raise Belmoral Mines’ interest in Canreos Minerals (1980) from 14% to 39.6%. Under the agreement, Canreos will issue Belmoral two million shares at 80 c…

A major drill program has been completed on a property held by Atlanta Gold in Idaho. The work involved 14,046 ft of reverse circulation drilling and 3,045 ft of diamond drilling which was designed to…

Taking its cue from the larger North American stock markets, the Montreal Exchange this holiday- shortened week went into a general nosedive. Trading in resource issues fared better, with the mining a…

Minerals Handbook 1986-87, compiled by Phillip Crowson, Economic Adviser, Rio Tinto Zinc Corp. Statistics and Analysis of the World’s Mineral Industries. 300 pages, hardcover. ISBN 0-935859-00-4, $90…

Following closely on the decision to develop its Maria copper deposit in Mexico, Cominco Resources International has released another good hole from its Buckhorn mine in Nevada. At this point the disc…