Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Drills are turning on the Meliadine River project on the west coast of Hudson Bay, about 12 miles northeast of Rankin Inlet, N.W.T. Between 12 and 15 widely spaced reconnaissance holes are being drill…

The government of Papua New Guinea is thwarting an agreement allowing Venezuelan Goldfields (VSE) to acquire a 20% interest in the Lihir Island gold project (T.N.M., Aug. 16/93). Just days after annou…

The first phase (5,000 metres) of a planned 15,000-metre drill program was expected to be under way this month at the Brewery Creek property. Loki Gold (VSE) is now the operator following a previously…

A $15.1-million development program is under way at Zone 6 of the LaRonde mine, west of Val d’Or, Que. Agnico-Eagle Mines (TSE) expects the high-grade zone to be in production by mid-1995. Exploration…

Just weeks after buying the Dona Lake gold mine from Placer Dome (TSE) for $2 million, mining contractor Ross-Finlay has sold a 49% interest in the property to Societe Miniere Ecudor (ME) for $4 milli…

Drilling is under way on the Douay gold property in the Casa Berardi area of northwestern Quebec, Northern Abitibi Mining (ASE) reports. Quebec Crown exploration company Soquem is operating the progra…

To help boost the languishing tin mining industry, producers have set up a company in London to promote research and expand use of the metal. The new company, ITRA Ltd., is to coax international tin u…

(The following is the conclusion of a 2-part article in which the author describes a series of avalanches he experienced first-hand while working near Rogers Pass, B.C., in 1974.) The two events last …

Larry Reaugh appointed director. KENDRA GOLD Scott Emerson and Stephen Chen appointed directors.

Peter Taggart appointed director.

Henry Ewanchuk appointed president and director; Brian Kynoch and Stuart Angus appointed directors.

Mousseau Tremblay appointed chairman; Michael Coulter appointed president; Ken Johnson appointed vice-president, exploration; Francois Boisvert appointed vice-president, African affairs.