Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Toronto-listed Camreco Inc. has entered into an exploration agreement with MVP Exploration (1987) and Co. Ltd. Partnership and Deliberations Management (1987) Ltd. pursuant to which the Limited Partne…

A $150,000 diamond drilling program is under way on the Lac des Iles platinum property controlled by Cream Silver Mines. The Lac des Iles area is located north of Thunder Bay, Ont. A large tonnage low…

Physicists north and south of the border are wondering who will produce the most significant experiment in the next decade in their field of science. Physicists in the U.S. are debating where to build…

Selco, the mining and minerals division of bp Canada, maintains an aggressive grassroots exploration program across Canada. Under the direction of Dr Christopher Jennings, vice-president exploration a…

In 1987 Esso Minerals Canada will spend about $7.5 million on gold and polymetallic massive sulphide exploration throughout Canada. Roughly 70% will be spent in Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic region…

St Andrew Goldfields will continue to confine its gold exploration activities to Stock and Taylor twps., Ont., during 1987. Those activities will consist of both surface and underground exploration in…

Vancouver-based Cominco Ltd. continued an aggressive exploration program in 1986. But with expenditures of about $25 million, it was at a sharply reduced level compared with previous years. This is a …

American Barrick Resources has its first real exploration budget this year since the Camflo days in the early 1980s. Exploration became a low priority since then because of Camflo’s debt position, and…

The main thrust of a $6.5-million program for Kerr Addison Mines this year will be on gold exploration targets in Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia and Nevada. A continuing effort is being made in Que…

St. Joe Canada’s exploration program for 1987 is expected to be the largest and most diversified in the company’s 6-year history. This follows a record year of exploration activity in 1986 highlighted…

Noranda Exploration (or Norex), the exploration arm of Noranda Inc., will probably spend more on exploration work this year than any other mining company. Last year Norex kept an average of 30 diamond…

Increasing co-operative R&D with our universities is probably the best way for Canada to attain global excellence in mining technology. Over its long history, Canadian funding for research and develop…