Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Minnova Inc. and 20% partner Zenmac Zinc have set Dec 15 as the target date for turning over the mill at the Winston Lake mine, 20 km northeast of here. The mine site is alive with activity, The North…

The eastern zone of Acadia Mineral Ventures’ Mooseland property in Nova Scotia is shaping up to be very interesting. Based on the most recent drill results, the zone is beginning to show better contin…

Analysts predicting that Newmont Mining Corp. would be pushed to the wall in its effort to stop Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens from taking control of the New York company, were proved correct this week…

Gold production during August at Mascot Gold Mines’ Hedley operation was 8,920 oz and September output is projected to be 10,000 oz, says the company. The mill is operating at design capacity of 2,700…

Vancouver-listed Honcho Gold Mines is taking on an interesting gold bet in the bustling Timmins area. It’s a 22-claim block in Bristol Twp. acquired from well-known local prospector R. E. Allerston, P…

The outlook for base metals indicates sustained higher prices and company profit levels not seen since the early 1980s, Nesbitt Thomson Deacon states in a report titled The Revival of Base Metals. “Th…

Canhorn Mining Corp. has acquired an option to earn a 45% interest in four claims adjoining the company’s Nickel Offsets property near Sudbury, Ont. Falconbridge Ltd. vended the claims to Canhorn for …

Denison Mines — Andrew Rickaby will be moving to Toronto as vice-president mining; Colin Benner will become vice-president Elliot Lake operations; Fergus Kerr is promoted to general manager Elliot La…

An option to acquire a 50% interest in five mineral claims in the Similkameen division of the Yale district, B.C. has been acquired by Thor Gold Corp., from Highland Valley Resources To exercise the o…

A firmer U.S. dollar and a reduced budget deficit south of the border sparked investor interest in a number of Alberta issues which had been largely ignored in recent weeks. Sweany Gold, which has rec…

I have been reading your newspaper for a year now and find it interesting and informative. The main reason for my subscription is to follow my favorite company, Cusac Industries. Every week I turn str…

Rene Lecompte, a 27-year-old mill worker from the Kiena Gold Mines near Malartic, Que., will soon be taking a trip around the world thanks to Kiena’s parent company, Placer Dome Inc. To commemorate th…