Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The first quarter of 1995 was the most profitable in six years at Noranda (TSE).The company’s first-quarter earnings jumped to $158 million from $44 million for the same period in 1994. Revenue rose t…

Underground drilling is returning multi-ounce gold values at the Siwash North project owned by Fairfield Minerals (TSE) near Merritt, B.C.Fairfield is in the midst of a 25,000-ft., 200-hole, undergrou…

New Canamin Resources (TSE) has applied for a mine development certificate for its Huckleberry project near Smithers, B.C. The company expects to receive the certificate in late August or early Septem…

A 90-hole, reverse-circulation drill program totalling 36,000 ft. has been completed at the Humbug gold property in Lemhi Cty., Idaho.International Gold Resources (IGR) confirms the property has a geo…

Production at the Con gold mine in Yellowknife, N.W.T., is expected to meet this year’s target of 130,000 oz. plus.The underground mine, owned by Miramar Mining (TSE), cranked out 28,117 oz. in the fi…

Those of us who are still pedestrians on the “information highway” — novices struggling to get a handle on the most basic and popular service: electronic (or “E”) mail — might be surprised to learn …

C. Cole appointed co-chairman; Rupert Galliers-Pratt appointed co-chairman; and Peter Holmes appointed president and director.

Mark Williamson named vice-president of banking.

John Harvey appointed vice-president of exploration.

Ursus Creek is a major tributary of Bedwell River in the Clayoquot Sound area of Vancouver Island.Between the fall of 1938 and the early days of the First World War, there was a gold rush to Bedwell R…

Raymond Jannas appointed vice-president of exploration.

Jon Langstaff named vice-president of human resources.