Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Higher production from the Bousquet No. 2 mine near Malartic, Que., boosted LAC Minerals’ (TSE) total gold production and earnings for the first nine months of the year. LAC reports a net income of US…

Pacific Summa Capital Corp. (PSU:VSE) has changed its name to Pacific Summa Environmental Corp. (PSU:VSE) with a consolidation of capital on a 1-new-for-1-old-share basis. The transfer agent is Montre…

An engineering medal was recently awarded to John Udd, director of mining research laboratories for CANMET (Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology) in Ottawa, for his efforts in uniting Canad…

An early retirement program, designed to reduce the workforce at Inco Ltd.’s (TSE) Sudbury, Ont., nickel operations and cut costs, has attracted an overwhelming response from eligible employees. Accor…

A change to Quebec’s Mining Act has made it less expensive for companies to transfer ownership of groups of mining claims in the province. Effective Oct. 3, transfer fees have been increased from $10 …

Although Royal Oak Mines (TSE) isn’t producing as much gold as last year, the company’s new management team is reporting an improved financial performance for both the first nine months of 1991 and th…

Union members at Cameco’s (TSE) uranium refining operation in Port Hope, Ont., have ratified a new collective agreement. The 3-year contract provides for an immediate wage increase averaging 4% and av…

It is remarkable how differently Canada treats its miners compared with its farmers. In the public’s eyes, farmers are heroes, stewards of the earth, defenders of a simpler, kinder way of life. Miners…

Donald Williams elected president; Morris Beattie, Owen Dolan, Alexander Burton, Donald Williams and Thomas Sawyer elected directors.

Arista Resources Inc – 650,000 shs offered @ 36 cents per sh. Prepared by Wood Gundy Inc.

Calgary-based Trev Corp. (ASE) has staked two groups of claims in the Lang Lake and Pickle Lake greenstone belts of northwestern Ontario. Situated 25 km north of Bond Gold Canada’s Golden Patricia min…

Crystal Peak Garnet, owned by Polestar Exploration (VSE), is probably the largest known garnet deposit in the world according to Vice-President Robert Wolfe. The deposit, near Hedley, B.C., measures o…