Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Additional drilling during 1992 at the Cerattepe copper property in northeast Turkey boosted reserves by about one-third. Cominco Resources International (TSE), owner of the project, estimates diluted…

A joint public Canada-Saskatchewan review panel has recommended that the McArthur River underground exploration program proposed by Cameco (TSE) on behalf of the McArthur River joint venture proceed u…

An initial $1-million phase of drilling is scheduled to begin shortly at the Petaquilla property in the Republic of Panama. Adrian Resources (VSE) is in the process of earning up to a 40% interest in …

A major government incentive program for Ontario’s mineral exploration industry is being proposed for implementation. John Gammon, deputy minister of Ontario’s Ministry of Northern Development and Min…

While running preliminary bench scale tests on material taken from its A-4 kimberlite pipe near Kirkland Lake, Ont., recently, Regal Goldfields (CDN) recovered one gem-quality macrodiamond. The small …

The 110 delegates who attended a recent Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) symposium in Toronto will have come away with much food for thought and not a little gloom to leave…

In option deal to explore and develop the Crystal Lake copper property in the Gaspe area of Quebec has been signed by Consolidated Oasis (ME) and Soquem. The property lies six miles north of the past-…

Diamond drilling is scheduled to begin soon on the Fer property of Canmine Resources (CDN) north of Flin Flon, Manitoba. About 10,000 ft. of drilling will be carried out upon completion of a gravity s…

Sports teams in North America have had unusual nicknames, some more memorable than others and some even evoking images of mining. A professional basketball team, for example, is known as the Nuggets, …

The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) and Geological Association of Canada (GAC) are offering unemployed members discounts. Gerald Cooper, PDAC membership chairman, hopes that un…

Discussion at the International Business Forum luncheon scheduled for Feb. 9 in the Lower Lounge of Toronto’s O’Keefe Centre will revolve around the needs and challenges (economic, political, social) …

Louis Starck elected director and president; Jack Austin, Stephan Benediktson, Henry Bow, Robert Douglas, and Steven Sanders elected directors.