Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Exploration activity has slowed this year in the isolated, mineral-rich area of MacMillan Pass, up the North Canol Road near the Yukon-Northwest Territories border. “It’s getting marginal whether they…

With engineering planning now under way for the development of the Sanchez copper project, owner Azco Mining (TSE) has retained First Boston as its lead financial adviser. Pending the receipt of final…

Canadian and Belgian central bank gold selloffs, Japanese investors liquidating assets and the post-electoral doldrums in the U.S. are all cited as reasons for continued soft gold prices. However, gol…

Mineral exploration spending in British Columbia has sagged to $90 million in 1991 from $190 million in 1990, and according to Jack Patterson, managing director of the British Columbia & Yukon Chamber…

Placer Dome’s (TSE) Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea chalked up another first with the recent successful commissioning of a 670-ft. underground vertical ore conveyor. The conveyor, the first of its ki…

Gold production increased by 16% during the third quarter of 1992 while cash costs per oz. decreased by 23%, Lac Minerals (TSE) reported. In the first nine months of 1992, gold output increased almost…

Production increases at all mines and the startup of a new operation enabled Pegasus Gold (TSE) to report record production for the first nine months of 1992. The company produced a total of 288,000 o…

The recent announcement by Aber Resources (TSE) and its partners Commonwealth Gold (VSE) and SouthernEra Resources (TSE) that the yellow microdiamonds recovered from a kimberlite on their Lac de Gras …

The Mission complex, just south of here, represents the combination of a number of mining interests over the years into a single property controlled by Asarco (NYSE). With the expansion of milling ope…

The board of directors of Audrey Resources (TSE) has approved a $7.3-million underground exploration and development program for the 1100 lens at the Mobrun property near Rouyn-Noranda, Que. The progr…

Shaft-sinking at the Holloway gold project near Matheson, Ont., has reached a depth of about 45 metres, according to a progress report by operator Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE). Advancing at a rate of a few …

The Ray Complex, about 35 miles south of here, has been called a “rock-to-metal” operation. Owned by Asarco (NYSE), the complex encompasses mining and milling operations at the Ray mine site as well a…