Articles by Northern Miner Staff

If knowing exactly what the challenges will be to make a mining venture a profitable one is half the battle, then managers and shareholders of Seabright Resources Inc. are half way to bringing Nova Sc…

A preliminary reserve calculation for the Parbec property concludes that the ground has possible drill- indicated reserves of 600,000 tons grading 0.19 oz gold per ton. The zone’s average width is 6.2…

Visible gold has been noted in drill core from Treminco Resources’ Gab property in the Northwest Territories. The company recently completed a 2,500-ft drill program in the A zone which followed a gen…

A $7.8 million 2-phase exploration program has started on Zahavy Mines’ and Getty Resources’ Favourable Lake gold property north of Red Lake, Ont. The work will include surface exploration of nine vei…

Nor-Con Exploration was the volume leader over the report period with a turnover of 1,502,200 shares for a 4 cents gain to 11 cents . The company has a wollastonite property in California, and intere…

An industrial mineral producer, Ekaton Energy, outshone the gold issues by surging 50 cents to $1.65. The company, which operates a kaolin property near Wood Mountain, Sask., is also testing the prop…

I would appreciate any information on Nordore Mining. Is the company associated with Nor-Quest Resources? M. R. Saskatoon, Sask. We spoke with Nor-Quest Resources secretary treasurer, Don Burchill, wh…

Nortek Minerals, a subsidiary of Nortek Energy, has acquired interests in several mineral projects. These include a property near Kirkland Lake, Ont., and a placer gold play in Ecuador, South America….

The following guest editorial was written by Patrick Reid, executi ve director of the Ontario Mining Association, and concerns a bill to amend Ontario’s Mining Tax Act. Just days ago, the Ontario legi…

Four Seasons Resources has negotiated a $100,000 flow-through share financing which will be used to fund exploration at its Nova Scotia gold property. The company has ground adjacent to and on strike …

CanAmerica Precious Metals says it has an option-joint venture agreement with Golden Rule Resources under which CanAmerica can acquire a 50% interest in Golden Rule’s Eldorado Mountain property in sou…

In what seems to have become a tradition, Northgate Exploration has ended the year by setting yet another record for gold production. Output from the company’s two Chibougamau, Que., gold-copper mines…