Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Separate free-trade deals are in the works by Mexico with a pair of South American countries and five Central American nations. Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia hope to have an agreement signed by year-…

International Brace Res Inc. – 900,000 units consisting of 1 sh and 2 wts offered @ 54 cents per unit..TDRT Res. Ltd. – 1,000,000 shs offered @ 16 cents per sh.Swannell Minerals Corp. – 2,250,000 shs …

Canadian mining giants Noranda (TSE) and Inco (TSE) were among the top 10 mineral producers in the western world in 1990, according to Who Owns Who In Mining 1992, published recently by London-based R…

The diamond fever infecting the Northwest Territories, Ontario and Saskatchewan appears to have spread to Manitoba with a recent announcement by Orapo Resources. Orapo, along with joint venture partne…

Montreal-based junior VSM Exploration (TSE), which has a zinc exploration project near Matagami, Que., has a new controlling shareholder. Gold producer Cambior (TSE) has purchased a 43.6% interest in …

A preliminary reserve estimate of 22-40 million tons grading 0.035 oz. per ton was incorrectly accredited to a property adjacent to MinVen Resources’ (TSE) Golden Reward mine in South Dakota in a rece…

When RTZ sold its 51.4% stake in Rio Algom (TSE), the British resource conglomerate said it was unloading the asset to avoid competition with other North American interests particularly Kennecott. But…

An ongoing drilling program on the North zone of the Gibraltar mine near McCleese Lake, B.C., returned a number of wide copper intersections for owner Gibraltar Mines (TSE). The company originally enc…

Great Lakes Minerals (TSE) is considering leasing an existing mill 23 miles from its 543-S copper deposit in order to be in production within a year. The deposit lies on the Keeweenaw Peninsula in Mic…

About three years ago the future of Haileybury School of Mines was in doubt. With limited enrolment, bruised morale following a bitter strike and dwindling resources, it looked as if the institution w…

Your editorial “Self-serving labor leaders” (T.N.M., June 15/92) is quite out of character for The Northern Miner. It is such a gratuitous, hysterical, falsehood-laden personal attack on myself and th…

Flag Resources reported (T.N.M., June 15/92) that analyses from the first 1,500 ft. of core from its hole indicated enrichment in elements found in Sudbury ores. Flag specifically referred to the nick…