Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Following negotiations with the principal holder of its outstanding convertible Swiss bonds, a U.K.-based merchant banker, MVP Capital (TSE) has agreed to a restructuring of the bonds. As a result of…

Southex Exhibitions, a division of Southam Business Communications, says Cambrian College in Sudbury, Ont., will host the 1992 Canadian Mining & Industrial Equipment Exhibition June 23-25. The biennia…

Exploration below the 1,000-ft. level at the Casa Berardi East mine near La Sarre, Que., continues to produce encouraging results for partners TVX Gold (TSE) and Golden Knight Resources (TSE). Golden …

In the latest move in an ongoing reorganization program designed to save cash, Noranda Minerals has appointed Ian Bayer as president and chief executive officer of 50.2% owned Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE). …

July 2 July 1 June 28 June 27 June 26 HIGH LOW Comp”300″ 3493.62 Holiday 3465.82 3474.61 3481.13 4009.47 3009.91 Metals & Minerals 3184.00 Holiday 3175.24 3181.67 3181.36 3453.06 2502.63 Integra…

Thunderwood Resources (TSE) and Greenstone Resources (TSE) say stepout drilling at their Scott Lake joint venture has extended a zinc-copper rich massive sulphide zone from 1,800 ft. to a depth of 2,6…

Archibald MacDonald Bell, who for 38 years directed Noranda’s exploration program, died recently in Mississauga, Ont. He was 85. Born in Grafton, Australia, of Canadian parents, Bell attended the Uni…

The list of individuals inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame gives some idea of the diversity of people who built our mining industry into a world leader. But their accomplishments are not e…

Copious regulations, increasing in number and complexity. New issues, without precedent. Vociferous public interest groups. Changing expectations on all fronts, some of them unreasonable. At the same …

A major international mining company will probably be involved in the development of the Windy Craggy deposit said Gerald Harper, president of Geddes Resources (TSE). As $500 million is required to p…

Trading picked up somewhat during the period ended July 2 with investors awaiting results from recently started drilling programs. The composite index gained more than 18 points to close at 570.35, wh…

Mine closings are a sad but inevitable part of the mining business. Orebodies are finite, measurable entities that eventually are depleted. It is the task of the operator to extract that ore in a logi…