Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Trading heavily for the second consecutive week, Blake River Explorations says it has located six new zinc occurrences on its Slave Lake zinc property in Sheffield Twp., Ont. Anomalous soil samples ra…

The Takla-Rainbow property in north-central British Columbia is owned 100% by Cathedral Gold (TSE) now that Eastfield Resources (VSE) has dropped its option to earn an interest in the property. Eastfi…

The controlling shareholder of gold producer American Barrick Resources (TSE) has listed its shares in Europe. Horsham (TSE), which is also the majority owner of Clark Oil & Refining Corp., recently b…

I read the article “A common-sense view of environmental issues” (T.N.M., Dec. 30/91) by Jack Patterson of the British Columbia & Yukon Chamber of Mines with great interest. His column summarizes in a…

Earth scientist William Fyfe, 64, professor of geology at the University of Western Ontario in London, recently received the Canada Gold Medal. The award is given annually by the Natural Sciences and …

Management of Cominco (TSE) released details of a restructuring plan aimed at ensuring the continued operation of its zinc-lead smelting and refining complex at Trail, B.C., which lost over $100 milli…

Toronto-based Dickenson Mines (TSE) says the lender of its 61,200 oz. gold loan has agreed to reschedule the loan repayment to six equal semi-annual instalments beginning Jan. 15, 1993. Dickenson says…

After almost doubling in price since the week before Christmas, Monk Gold & Resources moved up another 12 cents during the week ended Jan. 21 to close at a 52-week high of 57 cents. The company has ex…

Oregon Resources Corp. (ORE:VSE) has changed its name to International Oregon Resources Corp. (IOR:VSE) with a consolidation of capital on a 1-new-for-3-old-share basis. The transfer agent is Central …

A recently signed agreement between Mountain Lake Resources (VSE) and Minnova (TSE) calls for further exploration on a 175-claim property in Ben Nevis Twp., north of Larder Lake, Ont. In order to earn…

Arsenic’s toxic nature had been known for centuries but it wasn’t until mid-Victorian times that its virulence came to be universally recognized. The mineral somehow found its way into the working man…

Exploration near its producing properties has the highest priority in fiscal 1991-92 for large Australian mining company Western Mining Corporation Holdings. “Half of the exploration expenditure this …