Crown in Peru
VANCOUVER Crown Resources (TSE) has expanded its Latin American gold acquisition program into northern Peru. e company has applied for exploration and mining concessions in 10 areas, the most prospect…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
New zone found at Meliadine
Drilling on the Meliadine project, 10 miles north of Rankin Inlet in the Northwest Territories, has turned up a new gold zone. The project is a joint venture between Cumberland Resources (VSE) and Com…
Sarnoff KOed in Las Vegas diamond debate
It was supposed to have been The Great Diamond Debate. But Paul Sarnoff, editor of Gold Stocks Advisory and noted diamond play skeptic, was thrown onto the ropes during a panel discussion sponsored by…
Conference marks 40th anniversary of Bathurst camp
This year marks the 40th anniversary of what was, at the outset, one of the best-kept secrets in Canadian mining history — the discovery of base metals in Bathurst, N.B. Although the Brunswick No. 6 …
EDITORIAL PAGE — Is there no justice?
It was with sorrow that we learned recently of the death of television icon Raymond Burr. The Canadian actor will always be remembered for his role as that winningest of lawyers, Perry Mason. His demi…
Treminco plans winter drilling in N.W.T.
Recent field programs by the Yellowknife Greenstone Belt Syndicate have indicated the potential for large, shear-hosted gold deposits on properties near Yellowknife, N.W.T. Treminco Resources (TSE) ha…
COUNTRY REPORT — The African nation of Zambia counts on its
Zambia is counting on its copper industry to remain a major source of foreign exchange and employment. The government of Frederick Chiluba says copper will continue to be the mainstay of the Zambian e…
High River options ground near Snow Lake
Under an agreement between High River Gold Mines (TSE) and Manitoba mining consultant Bruce Dunlop, High River can acquire two properties next to its Snow Lake gold project in northern Manitoba. One o…
Curragh’s control of assets slips
Time is running out for troubled Curragh (TSE), which lost control of virtually all its remaining assets at a recent court hearing in Toronto. Ontario Court Justice James Farley granted a request from…
Fipke `really happy’ with diamonds’ quality — Economic pipes
Partners Dia Met Minerals (TSE) and BHP Minerals Canada appear to have three economic diamondiferous kimberlite pipes on their land package in the Lac de Gras region of the Northwest Territories, plus…
New Ontario discharge levels
New Ontario government regulations will require mining companies operating in the province to reduce emissions of five toxic heavy metals and cyanide by an average of 40% by 1996. Mines and metal refi…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Ignorance a threat to mining’s
The following came from recent conversations: “I’m sure they can find ore deposits in areas that are not environmentally sensitive.” (I tried to explain that areas do not become “environmentally sensi…