Articles by Northern Miner Staff

In order to eliminate a working capital deficit, Nordac Mining Corp. says it has agreed to sell its 25% working interest in the Mann Lake property, Athabasca Basin, Sask., to Uranerz Exploration and M…

A preliminary prospectus has been filed by Seabright Explorations, a subsidiary of Seabright Resources, for a national offering through Levesque Beaubien of flow-through and common shares with warrant…

Lead’s recent plunge on the London Metal Exchange signals the end of the price uptrend which spanned the last several months. And one of the major factors in the drop price will be a 3% decline in the…

A $23.7-million 2-phase underground exploration program is scheduled to start in early spring — if not sooner — on the Golden Pond West zone, of the Casa Berardi property held in joint venture by pa…

The feasibility study on the Ketza River gold project just south of Ross River in the Yukon should be ready by the end of this month, John Hansuld, president of Canamax Resources, tells The Northern M…

Probe Mines was a winner this week, climbing to 58 cents before settling back to 50 cents -55 cents at the close. The company’s main asset is a healthy 5% net smelter royalty in the Goldex Mines’ gol…

From a letter to The Northern Miner from Gilles Barbery, director, department of mining and metallurgy, Laval University, Quebec. There is a clear need to optimize the performance of mining depart men…

Record fourth quarter and year- end 1986 results have been reported by Granges Exploration. The company says operating profits for the quarter rose 75% to $949,474, up from $541,629 in the comparable …

An Australian subsidiary of Raleigh Energy has commenced mining operations at its Blockade property in the Mount Isa region of Queensland. Powder Metals Australia, the subsidiary, raised $6.5 million(…

Diamond drilling has encountered two gold- bearing zones at Radcliffe Resources’ Valley View massive sulphide prospect in California. The single drill hole was put down as a follow-up to five rotary d…

A third drill rig is being added on the Boston-Richardson property held by Onitap Resources. Located near Isaac’s Harbour, N.S., the property includes a former producing mine which yielded 50,000 oz o…

The latest financials coming out of Inco Ltd. have clearly been hurt by the tumbling price of nickel. Though the company did manage to break even for the latest fiscal year ended Dec 31, it did so by …