Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Australian financier Chrisilios Kyriakou, who was ousted three years ago from the board of Pamour Inc., is making a comeback in the gold mining business. Kyriakou’s private firm Walhalla Mining is pla…

Goldhunter Explorations jumped to the top of the most active list as the company announced an option on ground next to the recent base metal discovery of Fort Knox Gold Resources. Trading 615,500 shar…

A pair of drill rigs has been stationed at the Scott Lake base metal property in the Chibougamau, Que., area where project partners Thunderwood Resources (TSE), the operator, and Greenstone Resources …

A loss of $22.1 million is reported by Cominco (TSE) for its third quarter ended Sept. 30, which brings the company’s loss for the first nine months of this year to a total of $25 million. This compar…

Joint venture partners Claude Resources (TSE) and Aaron Oil (ASE) are planning a drilling program to test magnetic anomalies for diamond mineralization on property in the Fort a la Corne and Sturgeon …

Petromet Resources (TSE) has signed a letter of intent to sell a 50% interest in the Rambler base metal property at Baie Verte, Nfld., to Newfoundland Exploration (Newexco) in exchange for common shar…

Your story “Ownership puzzle confounds efforts to develop Holloway” (T.N.M., Oct. 14/91) mentions that the Lightning zone is the best hope for a new mine in eastern Canada. You probably forgot the Mos…

As is customary in Latin America, a padre offered the benediction at the recent official inauguration of the expanded La Coipa mine, 140 km from here, in the Chilean Andes. He blessed the plant itself…

Mindful that zinc prices aren’t going to improve in the near future, Noranda (TSE) is attempting to turn its 64.6% owned Brunswick Mining and Smelting (TSE) complex into a more cost-efficient operatio…

Encouraging trenching results from the Santoy Lake gold property in northern Saskatchewan were reported by joint venture partners Claude Resources (TSE) and Manchester Resources (ASE). Two zones have …

Inco affiliate Fort Knox Gold emerged as one of the most active issues during the week ended Oct. 29 as investors positioned themselves for future results from the junior’s Shining Tree, Ont., project…

Gaining five cents to close at 18 cents for the week ended Oct. 29, Copperquest said it will continue work on its claims in the Shining Tree area of northeastern Ontario. Previous drilling on the 26-c…