Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Come rain or shine, the Women’s Association of the Mining Industry of Canada says it will stage its 10th Country Fun Fair on Saturday, Sept 19, at the St. Ilija Macedonian Orthodox Church picnic groun…

The first half of 1987 was a record-breaking period for the Vancouver Stock Exchange. Trading volume was 2.6 billion shares, up 49% from last year, and the volume was the highest half-year total ever …

Diamond sales during the first six months of 1987 were 28% above sales for the same period last year, the Central Selling Organization of De Beers Consolidated Mines reports. Sales of rough stones tot…

A global investor program, Corporate Expo, will take place Sept 21-24 at the Barbican Centre in London, England. Focus of the forum will be on precious metals companies. A round-table discussion of in…

An environmental impact study has been filed for Goldenbell Resources’ Pine Tree gold property in California. The study is required before receipt of a mining permit. Present scheduling indicates cons…

Re your editorial Thank Wilson, for small mercies, and related articles June 29: The proposals contained in the White Paper on Tax Reform provide a great challenge to the survival of a stable and heal…

Tashogan Minerals, a private company based in Willowdale, Ont., intends to merge with vse- listed Collins Resources, in part, to help finance work on a promising piece of ground in the Beardmore area …

A record-breaking performance on the Montreal Exchange gave way to less heady trading, with both the market portfolio and mining and minerals index experiencing a downturn during the latter part of th…

Geologist Bernard Gallant, president of Calgary-based Pan East Resources expects to see his company’s exploration project at Fifteen Mile Stream in Halifax Cty., N.S., go to an underground program in …

Exploration work has commenced at Goldbrae Developments’ Tartan Lake property in northern Manitoba. The initial program will include soil sampling, geological mapping, prospecting, hand trenching, and…

Direct assistance to prospectors through British Columbia’s Financial Assistance for Mineral Exploration (fame) program have been doubled this year. Grants up to $5,000 are now available to qualified …

It was reported (N.M., July 20/87) that Platinova Resources is a private mineral exploration company. In fact Platinova, which has a 78% interest in Black Hawk Mining, was listed on the Toronto Stock …