Articles by Northern Miner Staff

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…

Three adjacent properties in the Douay area, about 20 km northeast of Joutel, Que., are the subject of agreements between Societe d’Exploration Miniere Vior (ME) and Soquem, the Quebec Crown mining ex…

The public inquiry into the Westray coal mine disaster has been sidelined. The Nova Scotia Supreme Court recently struck down the investigation into the May explosion in which 26 miners died. The Unit…

A drilling program is planned for early 1993 by Virginia Gold Mines (ME) for its Sagar-III property in the Labrador trough area of Quebec. Virginia, which has increased the number of claims at Sagar, …

A third-phase 5,000-ft. drilling program is under way at the former producing 26-claim Joutel Copper property near Joutel, Que., Aur Resources (TSE) and Joutel Resources (TSE) report. To be tested is …

With its corporate house now back in order, Zenmac Zinc’s (ASE) cease-trading order is expected to be lifted shortly, its recent and unusually well-attended annual meeting was told. The meeting was ch…

How healthy and profitable is the minerals industry at present? The answer is, “Not very healthy and not very profitable.” A major study, completed by a task force consisting of industry executives wi…