Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Gold production in 1991 totalled 312,665 oz., Cambior (TSE) reports, up by 31% from the previous year. Net earnings plunged, however, to $13.9 million from $23.9 million in 1990 on about the same reve…

A second-phase exploration program is now in progress at the Aldebaran project under option to Arizona Star Resource (TSE) in north-central Chile. Arizona Star is earning a 51% interest in the propert…

The third annual Norman Keevil Memorial Hockey Game will be played March 30 at Toronto’s Moss Park Arena, 140 Sherbourne St., in conjunction with the convention of the Prospectors and Developers Assoc…

Toronto-based Bachelor Lake Gold Mines (TSE) says it will send 20,000 tons of broken gold ore from its mine near Desmaraisville, Que., to be processed at Minnova’s (TSE) Lac Shortt mill. Lac Shortt is…

With its purchase option expiring May 1, 1992, Amax Gold (NYSE) is operating three drill rigs on the Haile gold property near Kershaw, S.C. Amax can earn a 62.5% interest in the property from Piedmont…

The latest results from Fort Knox Gold Resources’ (TSE) base metal property in Fawcett Twp., Ont., include a 64.5-ft. interval of low-grade lead-zinc mineralization pulled from the property’s north gr…

Toronto-based companies Minnova (TSE) and Metall Mining (TSE) have agreed to combine their mining and financial strength in a bid to develop the Izok Lake copper-zinc property in the Northwest Territo…

Owners of the South Kemess copper-gold project have filed the first of two documents required for approval of mine development with the British Columbia government. El Condor Resources (VSE) and St. P…

I was well aware of William Fyfe’s view on the earth’s ecosystems (T.N.M., Jan. 27/92) when I made my remarks about “political environmentalists.” I agree that overpopulation is the root cause of all …

Gold’s performance went from disappointing to depressing as it slipped below the US$340-per-oz. level amid rumors of European selling and talk of its demise as the preferred haven against political an…

Daily trading volumes were relatively strong during the week ended March 17, ranging between 5.2 million and 8.3 million shares, but both the market portfolio and mining and minerals index stumbled. T…

A first-phase exploration program scheduled to begin in early April is being planned by Melinga Resources (VSE) for the Griffin Lake property and Kognak River property in the District of Keewatin, N.W…