Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Oil company shareholders like Sherritt Gordon offer

Toronto-based Sherritt Gordon (TSE) has been given the green light by shareholders of Canada Northwest Energy and the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta to acquire all of Canada Northwest’s issued shar…


Engineer lauded by nuclear group

The man who designed and implemented a new technique for uranium tailings disposal has been recognized by the Canadian Nuclear Society. Wing Tao, president of PVS Technologies, was named winner of the…


U.S REPORT

Recent drilling by Kennecott returned the best overall grade to date from the Lockwood polymetallic project near Everett, Wa. The major company can earn a 51% interest in the property from owners, Isl…



Eastmaque losses mount

Although the company is operating on a positive cash flow basis, Eastmaque Gold Mines (TSE) continues to report losses. For the three months ended June 30, the company lost $500,000 on revenues of $5….


FREE MARKET (October 07, 1991)

TSpot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Oct 1 Sep 30 Sep 27 Sep 26 Sep 25 Copper 1324-1325 1333-1334 1349-1350 1360-1362 1348-1350 Lead 306-307 3…


Kaiser poised to control Madeleine

Oaklahoma-based Kaiser-Francis Oil recently boosted its stake in Madeleine Mines (TSE) to 32%, fuelling speculation that Chairman George Kaiser is about to succeed Patrick Sheridan as president of Mad…


Proposed assessment rate alarms Ontario gold mines

Recently the Ontario Gold Mines Compensation Committee met with the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) in Toronto to review proposed assessment rate increases for 1992. While WCB is proposing a 2.9% in…


Black Cliff options Chile tailings dumps

Toronto-based Black Cliff Mines (TSE) has signed an option agreement with a Chilean company to earn a 70% interest in several gold-silver-copper tailings deposits near Atacama in central Chile. The ag…


Study estimates 18% return at Holloway project

A feasibility study recently completed on the Lightning gold zone near Matheson, Ont., indicates that the deposit would generate a 17.9% rate of return on a stand-alone basis. The study is based on a …


Guest Column (October 07, 1991)

The visit earlier this year by University of Toronto professor Tony Naldrett and myself to the Noril’sk mining camp in Siberia was arranged by the Soviet Academy of Sciences and hosted by the Noril’sk…



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