Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Encouraging results are reported from winter drilling on the Fenn-Gib property, 20 km east of Matheson, Ont. In a 19,800-metre program, Pangea Goldfields (CDN) defined five zones of high-grade mineral…

A group of minority shareholders of Asbestos Corp. (TSE) has lost the first round in its legal battle against the province of Quebec, but it isn’t giving up the fight. The crux of the dispute, now bei…

Fortunately for the northern mining industry, the calm settling over “hot spots” such as Angola, Iraq and Somali has created easier access to Canada’s only civilian Hercules transport. Increased globa…

Operations continue to improve at the Con underground gold mine in Yellowknife, N.W.T. Miramar Mining (TSE) reports that cash costs for the first three months of 1994 averaged, US$294 per oz., compare…

Despite downward pressure from rising interest rates and falling bond prices, the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) still managed to gain ground over our report period, ended May 31. On May 31, the Bank of…

Drilling at the Damoti Lake property north of Yellowknife, N.W.T., is returning encouraging results. Hole D-50 returned a 43-ft. intersection grading 0.094 oz. gold per ton, including a 12.1-ft. secti…

Are Canadian mining companies somehow letting down the home side by jumping on the global bandwagon and acquiring projects everywhere from Peru to Mongolia? Or have the federal and provincial governme…

With drilling planned for three properties this summer, Cactus West Explorations (VSE) is gearing up for an active season. At least 40 reverse-circulation holes are planned on the Pamlico property sou…

Vancouver-based Cheni Gold Mines (TSE) will acquire the Mt. Skinner gold property from privately owned Ottarasko Mines. Situated near the western extension of British Columbia’s Chilcotin River, the 1…

Continuing to expand its portfolio of Latin American properties, Holmer Gold Mines (ASE) has acquired a 1,500-hectare gold property in southern Peru. The Inca property hosts two gold-bearing breccia z…

Gold producer Royal Oak Mines (TSE) earned $7.05 million in the first quarter, a whopping 470% increase from the same period last year. The dramatic improvement reflects a 17% increase in the average …

Proving that a Canadian mining company needn’t leave the country to succeed, Agnico-Eagle Mines (TSE) continues to operate mines and explore for metals exclusively in northwestern Quebec and Ontario. …