Articles by Northern Miner Staff

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US56.50-58.00 cents per lb. (Sep. 12, 1991). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US82-84 cents per lb. (Aug. 8, 1991). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$3.15-3.25 per lb. (Jul. 18, 1991). CAD…

Drilling on the South Kemess property in north-central British Columbia is adding to reserves with the first nine holes of the 1991 exploration program returning an average intersection of 262.3 ft. g…

The reserve potential of the Grevet zinc project in northwestern Quebec continues to be tested by joint project partners VSM Exploration and Serem Quebec. VSM of Montreal and Serem, an exploration com…

Keynote luncheon speakers at the 1991 Alaska Miners Association Annual Convention and Trade Fair scheduled for Nov. 4-8 at Anchorage, Alaska, will be Willie Hensley and John Rense of the NANA Regional…

Recent drilling on the Big Onion property near Smithers, B.C., intersected a near-surface enriched copper zone, Varitech Resources (VSE) reported. The company said holes BO-91-1 to 4 of the 1991 phase…

The initial drilling success at the Grevet zinc project in northwestern Quebec has given rise to a feeling that the area has great potential. As a result, the two partners on the project, VSM Explorat…

Deak Resources (TSE) and Kennecott Canada, a unit of Utah-based Kennecott Corp., are teaming up to explore areas of mutual interest to the east of Deak’s Kerr gold mine near Kirkland Lake, Ont. The co…

The phase-III expansion of the East pit at the Gibraltar mine near McLeese Lake, B.C., will begin to generate revenue later this year for Newcoast Silver Mines (VSE). Newcoast owns a 30% net profits i…

Matachewan Consolidated Mines (TSE) is preparing to defend itself against a recent government order to clean up tailings material that spilled into the Montreal River in October, 1990. To pay for the …

Less than a year after bringing its Oronorte property in Columbia into production, Greenstone Resources (TSE) is getting ready to hatch a second Latin American gold mine. At a capital cost of US$17.6 …

A human resource development agreement has been signed by the Saskatchewan government’s education ministry and Minatco under which the latter will hire, train and promote “northerners” at its mining o…

The Westray coal mine in New Glasgow, N.S., was officially opened recently by Clifford Frame, chairman of affiliated Curragh Resources (TSE), the lead-zinc producer which also announced a debenture of…