Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Where would you rather have your gold mine? The U.S. or Canada? Exploration potential, cost of exploration and development, and generally shareholder reward continue to favor the U.S. over Canada. A c…

The VSE resource and composite indices remained little changed over the week ended April 9. The resource index posted a 4-point drop to 570.34 while the composite index remained virtually unchanged at…

Any way you look at it, the year 1990 will not be remembered fondly by many Canadian mining companies that have seen their profits plunge in the wake of falling metal prices, high interest rates and r…

The Women’s Association of the Mining Industry of Canada (WAMIC) will present its “South of the Border Fiesta” at Sheehan’s farm at Caledon East (northeast of Toronto) on Sept. 7 between 11 a.m. and 6…

Underground drilling at the Samatosum mine near Kamloops, B.C., has extended the strike length of the new zone of mineralization to about 50 metres in total. The Samatosum mine is owned 70% by Minnova…

A work program operated by BP Resources Canada (TSE) will begin next month to test a sulphide system with associated copper, gold and arsenic defined on the Cat property last year. The property is nor…

A preliminary reserve estimate was released by Eurus Resource (VSE) and Thios Resources (VSE) for their joint venture Rock & Roll property in the Iskut River region of northwestern British Columbia. T…

Billikin Resources Ltd. (BIL:VSE) has changed its name to Cora Resources Ltd. with a consolidation of capital on a 1-new-for-4-old share basis. The transfer agent is Montreal Trust.

Partners Thios Resources (VSE) and Eurus Resource (VSE) are reporting the discovery of a new massive sulphide zone on their Rock & Roll property in the Iskut River region of northern British Columbia….

International Azora Minerals Inc. (IAZ:VSE) has changed its name to Power Battery Holdingss Corp. with no consolidation of capital. The new company will have no further interest in mining.

More high-grade results from the Sewell Brook property in New Brunswick have had little effect on the price of Costigan Gold, which was unchanged at 45 cents for the week ended April 2. Although inter…

The week ended April 2 proved relatively quiet with the VSE composite index adding about 10 points to finish at the 580 level. The resource index slipped 3.4 points to close at 574.24. Gold remained l…