Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Major North American metals producer Kennecott is bidding for control of Nerco (NYSE). Kennecott’s parent, international mining house RTZ (NYSE) of London, says Kennecott of Salt Lake City, Utah, is o…

Contrary to what appeared in the Feb. 15 issue of The Northern Miner, permitting and economic studies are under way for the main Pipeline gold deposit in Nevada. This advanced project is held by the C…

With the intersection of polymetallic mineralization in two more holes on its Lewis Ponds project in Australia, Tri Origin Exploration (TSE) has calculated a preliminary reserve estimate of 1.5 millio…

After milling 1.17 million tonnes last year, mine operator Westmin Resources (TSE) reported a significant increase in proven and probable geological reserves at its Myra Falls mine near Campbell River…

Gold miner Echo Bay Mines (TSE) has reported a net loss of US$31.7 million last year, compared with net earnings of US$6.8 million in 1991. Contributing to the loss were writedowns of US$14.9 million …

The Garson mine, one of the higher-grade nickel orebodies in Ontario’s Sudbury region, is being reopened by Inco (TSE) at a cost of $40.1 million. The company hopes that the deposit will be in full pr…

Just over a year after announcing plans to purchase a 100% interest in the Table Mountain gold property, Cusac Industries (VSE) has finalized an agreement with owner Energold Minerals. The purchase in…

I worked as a mine geologist at M.J. Boylen’s Key Anacon mine in New Brunswick for a year in the mid-1960s. In late 1965, I took a leave of absence for one month. When I reported back to work, Boylen …

Assay results are expected shortly from a drill program by Eurus Resource (VSE) on the Albino concession in the Kilometre 88 area of eastern Venezuela. The property is a joint venture with Crystallex …

The economic boom in the People’s Republic of China is being fuelled in part by burgeoning foreign investment in almost every industry sector. Asia Minerals, a private company formed by a group of Van…

A sampling program to establish size and grade of a garnet resource is being planned by Bitterroot Resources (VSE) for its newly leased Williams property in Mohave Cty., Ariz. The road accessible clai…

The first two holes from the initial phase of drilling at the Taysan copper project in the Philippines returned higher copper and gold grades than averages quoted in previous reserve estimates. Chase …