Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Well known Canadian geological engineer James Zimmerman died recently. He was 52. After graduating from the University of Toronto in 1962 with a degree in geological engineering, Zimmerman joined Inco…

Nineteen nominees have been proposed for induction into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame in 1994. The names of the inductees will be announced before the end of the year, with the induction ceremony s…

Stephen Flehner appointed director. N5…

Drilling is under way at the Kitimat project near the town of the same name in northwestern British Columbia. American Bullion Minerals (VSE) outlined three priority targets during a surface program t…

Consolidated Top Gun Explorations (CXI:VSE) has changed its name to Sterling Pacific Resources (SRZ:VSE) on a share-for-share basis. Pacific Corporate Trust Co. is the transfer agent.

Recent developments at two Mexican projects and the advancement of the Cerattepe project in Turkey added some bright spots to Cominco Resources International’s (TSE) latest quarter ended Sept. 30. On …

Dale Wallster appointed president and director; Robert Barron appointed director. N5…

Terry Fields appointed president and director. N5…

BHP Minerals Chief Executive Officer Jeremy Ellis told a meeting of financial analysts in Toronto this past week that 1994 will be pivotal to the BHP-Dia Met play in the Northwest Territories. The com…

Production results so far this year have Placer Dome (TSE) confident it can meet or exceed its production goal for 1993. That goal is 1.8 million oz. gold at a cash cost of US$190 per oz. The company’…

Further assay results from drilling on the Damoti Lake gold prospect are mixed. The property, 150 km north of Yellowknife, N.W.T., is a joint venture among Athabaska Gold (TSE), Consolidated Ramrod Go…

Canada’s best-known mine financier is setting his sights on la belle province, particularly the Abitibi region where his geological team intends to apply some new concepts in the hope of making discov…