Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Living in northern Ontario or Quebec during the “Dirty Thirties” had its compensations. It was one of the few places where manual jobs were occasionally available, thanks largely to the demand for wor…

U.S.-based Mineral Recovery Systems has unveiled a centrifugal jig aimed at increasing gold recovery.By distributing a fine slurry feed over the rotating jig bed, the device is able to capture extreme…

Royal Gold (NASDAQ) has extended the terms under which it can explore lands in Wyoming, Colorado and Utah owned by Union Pacific Resources Group (NYSE).The agreement has been extended to the end of 19…

Canada’s mining industry will join forces with agricultural producers and non-government groups to develop and implement policies and actions to conserve endangered species.Environment Canada official…

I am writing in response to your article on nuclear waste disposal (“Waste disposal concept to undergro scrutiny,” in T.N.M., Dec.18/95), which should be compulsory reading for anyone who wants to kno…

Drilling near Green Bay, Nfld., has enabled Major General Resources (VSE) to expand a recently discovered gold zone.The structure has an average width of 1.3 metres and a grade of 6 grams per tonne ov…

Two Argentine properties of Mansfield Resources (VSE) have attracted the interest of Teck (TSE).The major will buy 1 million shares of Mansfield at $2 each as part of a deal whereby it can earn a half…

Essex Resources (VSE) is financing exploration work on its Miguela project in Bolivia by exercising 1.3 million share purchase warrants at 57 cents each.The company has 10.4 million shares outstanding…

Preliminary results from diamond exploration work carried out on the Kola Peninsula in northwestern Russia are encouraging.Russian-based Northern Mining has been exploring a land position comprising 2…

Vancouver-listed Mountain Lake Resources and Belgian-based Lazare Kaplan International have reached a deal that will help Mountain Lake acquire a diamond mining project in Ghana.MLR will be solely res…

The Toronto Stock Exchange set another record high on Jan. 2, spurred by strength in the banks and golds. The TSE 300 composite index closed at 4,767.82, up 57.12 points or 1.2% from the close on Dec….

Gold Funds as of December 28, 1995BGRCentralNet Value$17.59$6.54Price$13.63$6.000Discount22.53%8.3%Value$137,504,000$108,595,800…