Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Mineral production in Ontario is a technologically advanced business that supplies a broad range of benefits to the province’s economy, according to a study by management consulting and accounting fir…

Toronto-based junior Goldpost Resources (TSE) is selling its properties in northern Ontario to St Andrew Goldfields (TSE). The three contiguous gold properties — Hislop East, Holcorp and Valliere — …

Ten claims in Fiedmont and Courville Twps., about 35 km north of Val d’Or, Que., are being sold by Exploration Acabit (ME) to Western Quebec Mines (TSE). Western will explore the Mckenzie Break gold p…

The first commercial sale of manganese ore production from the Burkina Faso mining project in Africa has closed, InterStar Mining Group (CDN) reports. The 10,000-tonne purchase order was processed by …

Reserves have decreased at Cameco’s (TSE) mineral properties in Saskatchewan. As of Jan. 1, 1993, the company’s share of uranium reserves from five deposits was 460 million lb. U3O8. This represents a…

Metallurgical testing is proceeding on a 1,200-lb. sample of material from the Chaucha deposit. Kookaburra Resources (VSE) can earn a 50% interest in the Ecuador project from AG Armeno Resources (VSE)…

Semi-monthly reports, as of Feb. 28, showed 54,644,263 shares of 620 issues compared with 50,894,685 shares of 621 issues on Feb. 15. Larger individual positions included: Aber 61,200, up 30,500; Adex…

Western markets continued to advance during the period ended March 9, with the Vancouver Stock Exchange resource index posting a 13.53-point gain to 827.15 and the composite index adding a more modest…

Proven and probable reserves at the end of 1992 stood at 19.5 million oz., down 600,000 oz. from the previous year-end, Newmont Gold (NYSE) reports. Reserves added in 1992 amounted to 2 million oz. Ho…

A trio of top managers at Thunderwood Resources (TSE) recently took a large share position in the junior explorer. According to the Ontario Securities Commission’s OSC Bulletin, Chairman James Gill bo…

Gold output in 1992 at Dickenson Mines (TSE) increased slightly to 111,872 oz. from 108,477 oz. in 1991. The company’s gold production comes from its 100%-owned Arthur White mine, near Red Lake, Ont.,…

Times have changed in Central and South America, where the winds of economic reform seem to have found a favorable reception. The 1990s have ushered in a period of economic revival for Latin America. …