Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Individuals concerned about the impact of mining on the environment are invited to visit the Hollinger gold mine at Timmins, Ont. The underground tour, available daily during the summer till September…

Calgary-based Flag Resources (ASE) says it is discussing a potential joint venture with a company interested in drilling a 5,000-ft. vertical hole on the western magnetic peak of the Wanapitei anomaly…

Tensions are mounting as political blocs in South Africa jockey for power. The African National Congress (ANC) party, which has yet to demonstrate it can represent or govern democratically, upped the …

Western markets remained little changed during the period ended July 28. The Vancouver Stock Exchange resource index closed down 4.51 points to 554.55 and the composite index slipped 3.83 points to th…

John McQuaid appointed president and chief executive officer.

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US59.50-60.00 cents per lb. (Jul. 16, 1992). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US78-88 cents per lb. (Jun. 11, 1992). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$2.35-2.70 per lb. (Jun. 11, 1992). CA…

A 1,500-metre drilling program is being started by Teck Exploration on the Lac Marcaut property 130 km north of Matagami, Que., Fancamp Resources (VSE) reports. Peter Smith, president of Fancamp, whic…

During the next six weeks, Cheni Gold Mines (TSE) intends to carry out its initial underground evaluation program on the Mets deposit, near its producing .TLawyers gold mine in the Toodoggone district…

Drilling on Canmine Resources’ (CDN) Fer property northeast of Flin Flon, Man., is scheduled to resume in August. Canmine will focus on the Spruce and Yak zones where previous drilling to a maximum de…

Partners Western Copper Holdings (VSE) and Thermal Exploration (ASE) are encouraged by trenching results from zone 12 on the Williams Creek property northwest of Car-macks, Yukon. Five trenches, space…

Money continues to pour into the Lac de Gras diamond play in the Northwest Territories with both juniors and seniors launching exploration programs on the patchwork of properties that now covers more …

A motion to appoint an independent mine manager and freeze operating profits from the Dome Mountain project near Smithers, B.C. was recently dismissed by an Ontario court. The court has appointed a ch…