Articles by Northern Miner Staff

When Margaret (Peggy) Witte launched her initiative to acquire and revitalize the Pamour group companies in late 1990, it was perceived in some circles as being overly ambitious if not foolhardy. Gold…

The Hope Brook gold mine in Newfoundland could be re-opened next summer if Royal Oak Mines (TSE) is successful with its plans to acquire the mine and related facilities from Hope Brook Gold, a subsidi…

Stepout drilling over the past year on the Crown Jewel property in northeastern Washington state has boosted preliminary estimates of reserves to 8.7 million tons grading 0.19 oz. gold per ton. The ne…

Big brother Inco (TSE) has taken over the supervision of exploration at Fort Knox Gold Resources’ (TSE) base metal prospect in the Shining Tree area of northeastern Ontario. The decision was announced…

Preview Lake partners Windarra Minerals (TSE) (20%), Cameco (TSE) (50%) and Uranerz Exploration and Mining (30%) have agreed to spend $2 million to look for additional reserves at the Contact Lake dep…

The contract price for metallurgical coal exports to Japan from the two mining operations owned by Westar Mining (TSE) in southeastern British Columbia has been cut by US50 cents per tonne. The price …

Reports that shareholders approved an amalgamation of Bay Resources and Services with three other companies sent the stock down 3 cents to 2 cents during the week ended Dec. 23. The newly amalgamated …

Vancouver-based Athabaska Gold Resources (TSE) has obtained financing to acquire from Chevron Minerals the 40% interest it doesn’t already own in the Nicholas Lake gold project in the Northwest Territ…

The first phase of drilling on NovaGold Resources’ (TSE) Sewell Brook project near Plaster Rock, N.B., failed to uncover any significant mineralization, but did help to pinpoint alteration zones that …

Recently I read a book entitled Trashing the Planet by Dixy Lee Ray with Lou Guzzo, which gives a common-sense view of contentious environmental issues. Ray notes that Dr. James Hansen, who in 1988 tr…

For US$200,000, a unit of Solomon Resources (VSE) recently acquired the Lucky Shot gold mine and related surface facilities which includes a modern 100-ton-per-day mill near Anchorage, Alaska. Solomon…

We know we’re going to take a lot of ribbing, but there really was no other choice. Margaret Witte, our Mining Man of the Year for 1991, was the newsmaker who made things happen in 1991 — assembling …