Articles by Northern Miner Staff

There were indications early this week that the crosscut at the second level of Francoeur in the new shaft area had entered the ore zone. It is possible that the “A” oreshoot, which entered the shaft …

The shipment of copper concentrate to Japan by Granby Consolidated Co. has ceased, at least temporarily, as a consequence of the Sino-Japanese conflict. Japanese vessels which, under the terms of the …

A Vancouver-based catering and camp management company has been working this summer on two Canadian gold mining projects. National Caterers, with its ** National Structures division, is providing mul…

Caterpillar Inc., based in Peoria, Ill., has shown a profit for second-quarter 1987 of $118 million (US) or $1.20 per share of common stock, compared with $139 million or $1.41 per share for the same …

Gerber Industries, a Minneapolis-based manufacturer of material-handling equipment, recently promoted Bruce Adams to plant manager of its Princeton facility. Adams has more than 14 years’ experience …

A third partner has joined the Delta platinum project in northern Quebec. Messeguay Mines has signed an agreement with Oasis Resources and Falconbridge Ltd. that allows it to acquire a 15% interest in…

Overseas Platinum recently acquired the right to earn a 76% interest in a large gold property in the Republic of Guyana. The 354-acre mining lease covers the Hick’s vein, which was explored by Cominco…

(Set 8 and 1/2 pt. on 10 times italic across TWO columns) Have you heard anything about the merger of Vancouver-based Lansdowne Oil and Minerals and Beaver Creek Goldfields of Montreal? I hear Beave…

Spot closing prices in Pound Sterling per tonne Copper 1103-1104 1112-1113 1098-1099 1104-1105 1125-1126 Lead 413-414 424-425 421-424 419-420 424.5-425 Zinc 492-494 506.5-507 506-508…

Nortek Minerals has acquired an option on a gold property south of Kirkland Lake, Ont. The company has the right to earn a 50% interest in the claims by spending $1 million on exploration. The 3,000-a…

To develop what is probably the most significant and exciting silver discovery in the Cobalt area in 35 years, Agnico-Eagle Mines is putting down a 1,200-ft production shaft on its Langis project in H…

Work has begun on a ramp at the Moss Twp. gold property in northwestern Ontario being explored by Storimin Exploration and Tandem Resources. The ramp will give access to planned exploration drifts at …