Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Noranda (TSE) recently spent $500,000 to purchase the 50% interest it didn’t already own in a plant designed to extract magnesium from old asbestos tailings in the Thetford mines area of southeastern …

Three years ago, Rex Gibbons typed a short resignation letter and walked out the door of the Newfoundland Department of Mines where he had worked as a senior geologist for 13 years. One month later he…

Just three years since Aur Resources (TSE) and partner Societe Miniere Louvem (TSE) realized they were on to a major base metal discovery, their Louvicourt Twp. property east of Val d’Or, Que., is sta…

Toronto-based Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) has entered into a letter of intent to option the Bear Lake gold project near Kirkland Lake, Ont., from Northfield Minerals (TSE). Under the terms of the letter, H…

International Suneva Resources Ltd. (ISN:VSE) has changed its name to Nevsun Resources Ltd. (NSU:VSE) with a consolidation of 1-new-for-4-old-share basis. The transfer agent is Montreal Trust.

Spring is annual meeting time, and no better opportunity exists for shareholders and media types to catch a glimpse of the corporate culture and personalities behind Vancouver’s mining companies, whic…

In return for a US$5,000 option payment, Verdstone Resources (VSE) recently acquired the right to lease the Victorine mine about 50 miles north of Round Mountain in central Nevada. The option is exerc…

The first two holes in this year’s drilling program on the Golden Quail property in San Bernardino Cty., Calif., returned gold values for joint venture partners Golden Quail Resources (VSE) and Golden…

Canadian ore reserves quoted by Inco (TSE) for the year ending 1991 are 401 million short tons grading 1.44% nickel and 0.85% copper. Not high grade by any measure. Technical and organizational improv…

Mine closings are always difficult situations for communities dependent on such operations for their economic well-being. Workers and their families in the uranium-mining community of Elliot Lake, Ont…

Investors speculating on the Lac de Gras diamond play have been placed on tenterhooks again while experts assess the value of gems recovered from a kimberlite pipe underneath Point Lake, 200 miles nor…

Nova Gold Resources (TSE) says two projects, each using environmentally friendly processing technology, could provide capital this year for the cash-strapped junior if financing can be secured. The co…