Articles by Northern Miner Staff

With three option agreements in hand, Goldhunter took off during the week ended Dec 3., gaining 20 cents to close at 46 cents. Goldhunter, which holds property on the western and northern boundaries o…

The recent stepout drilling program on the Crown Jewel property in northeastern Washington state has essentially outlined the limits of the deposit, and a new reserve estimate is currently being calcu…

TVX Gold directors Fernando Cabral Silva and Nigel Lees took the opportunity recently to reduce their holdings in the Toronto-based company. According to the Ontario Securities Commission OSC Bulletin…

Halifax-based NovaGold Resources (TSE) expects to begin a second drill program on its base metal property in the California Lake area of northeastern New Brunswick after receiving results from the fir…

Cobalt, Ont., the cradle of Canada’s mining industry, has provided the backdrop for Jessica, a novel which depicts life at the turn of the century. Jessica was a nurse among the miners, bushwhackers, …

Regarding the editorial “When Ottawa sells gold” (T.N.M., Nov. 18/91), I find it difficult to understand how it is in the best interest of the country to be dumping our gold reserves on world markets …

A new magazine aimed at promoting understanding of the Earth was recently launched by Kalmbach Publishing Co. of Wisconsin. Titled EARTH, the magazine focuses on the geology and evolution of the plane…

The announcement by Inco (TSE) of a major nickel-copper find at Victor in northern Ontario raises a couple of big questions. At 8,000-8,500 ft. below surface in the highly stressed rocks of the Sudbur…

New Legends Metals is commencing exploration on a 295-claim property near Casa Berardi, Que., held by Cross Lake Minerals (VSE) and Glen Auden Resources (TSE). New Legends plans to trace the full exte…

Halifax company NovaGold Resources (TSE) has agreed to acquire International Corona’s (TSE) right to earn a 70% stake in the 2,850-hectare Pine Cove gold property in Newfoundland. Since signing an opt…

A $10.7-million loss was reported by Westmin Resources (TSE) for its 1991 third quarter ended Sept. 30, a sizable increase over the $3.2-million loss reported for the comparable period a year earlier….

The Pinch mineral collection will settle into its permanent home here in the Viola MacMillan Gallery at the Canadian Museum of Nature in March. The opening will be the culmination of eight years’ effo…