Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Already North America’s largest gold producer, Newmont Mining (TSE), has joined the race to be the first U.S. company to successfully use the gold recovery process known as bioleaching. A number of No…

Harry Michie, who for 40 years was active in the Canadian gold mining industry as a geologist, recently died in Toronto. He was 66. For almost two decades, Michie was associated with the Coniagas Mine…

Investors were in a buying mood during the holiday-shortened week ended Oct. 15, with both the market portfolio and mining and minerals index recording impressive gains. The former jumped by more than…

Preliminary bulk testing of diamond-bearing gravels on a 400-sq.-km Guyana concession optioned by South American Goldfields (TSE) from Golden Star Resources (TSE) commenced recently. Approximately 25 …

Surface sampling by Teck (TSE) has identified a massive sulphide horizon on the Tache Lake property just outside the town of Chibougamau, Que. Labelled the East zone, the new horizon has been exposed …

Donald Currie appointed director.

The Australian mining industry spends $10 on exploration and development for every $100 in production revenues. By comparison, the Canadian industry spends about $2.50, says Fenton Scott, president of…

Canada’s premier association of mining professionals — the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) — is facing a cash crunch and unless steps are taken to change the way it deri…

Incorrect ownership was reported in the story “Montanore adit reaches 11,330 ft.” (T.N.M., Sept. 16/91). The Montana copper-silver project in question is owned 45% by Montana Reserves Co. and 55% by N…

Soquem, the Quebec government’s mineral exploration company, has discovered zinc-copper-silver-gold mineralization on its wholly owned Dussault property, 40 km northwest of the former Montauban mines …

Glenvet Resources Ltd. (GVT:VSE) has changed its name to Fort Point Resources Ltd. (FTP:VSE) with a consolidation of capital on a 1-new-for-3-old-share basis. The transfer agent is Montreal Trust.

Because of recent changes in management and the threat of another mail strike, Toronto-based Madeleine Mines (TSE) has postponed its annual meeting until further notice. The annual meeting was schedul…