Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Without being old-fashioned, Placer Dome’s Sigma mine in Val d’Or, Que., retains the flavor of years gone by. Individual miners work in pairs or small groups, following veins of gold with should-hefte…

Based on a recent option agreement, Gold Fields Canadian Mining will take over as operator of the Forgold property, 30 miles from the Eskay Creek deposit north of Stewart, B.C. Field work is now in pr…

After months of considering various development, milling, and underground exploration options for the Holloway project 40 miles east of Matheson, Ont., Noranda (TSE), as operator, has reached the fina…

A 1,500-metre hole designed to test the Wanapitei anomaly northeast of Sudbury, Ont., recently got under way. As operator of the “Mirage project,” Falconbridge has collared the deep hole in Sheppard T…

Partners Aur Resources and Societe Miniere Louvem expect the capital cost of developing their Louvicourt Twp. massive sulphide deposit east of Val d’Or, Que., to be well over $300 million. The two com…

Equal partners Uranerz Exploration and Mining and Cameco (TSE) have recovered 160 diamonds from kimberlites on their Fort a la Corne prospect east of Prince Albert, Sask. Although the average weight o…

A summer visit to the Bousquet No. 2 gold-copper mine of LAC Minerals (TSE) 25 miles west of Malartic, Que., helped securities firm Midland Walwyn in deciding to issue a “buy” recommendation for the l…

Former rivals International Corona (TSE) and Placer Dome (TSE) have reached an agreement for the joint development of the Eskay Creek gold project north of Stewart, B.C., with a view to bringing the p…

Despite the current bleak conditions for junior mining in Quebec, some observers of the province’s mining scene have surprisingly bright forecasts for the future. “Quebec is one of the better places f…

Gold! The word has fired our imagination like no other metal, Ontario’s Ministry of Northern Development and Mines reminds us in a recent information circular. The world demand for gold is still mainl…

Bill Cummins, president of McFinley Red Lake Gold Mines (TSE), says he is still hoping to line up a joint venture partner for the company’s Bateman Twp. gold project near Red Lake, Ont. Under an agree…

About 450 delegates from several countries attended the Second International Conference on the Abatement of Acidic Drainage in mid-September in Montreal. Some 125 speakers at the 3-day conference pres…