Articles by Northern Miner Staff

I am told that in the Kirkland Lake gold mines of the 1940s, there was resistance to the newfangled jackleg or pusherleg drill that Atlas Copco had just invented. Resistance appeared on two fronts. Wo…

CANADIAN MALARTIC DOUBLES ORE Another substantial increase in ore reserves, leading to consideration of plans for expansion of milling facilities, has been the principal feature of results at Canadian…

Not new to the overseas aggregates industry, but a relative newcomer to Canada, is the Barmac crusher, distributed by Wajax Industries of Markham, Ont. Developed and manufactured in New Zealand, this …

Gold funds as of Mar. 26 BGR Central Net Value $9.07 $5.11 Price $8.00 $4.650 Discount 11.80% 9.0% Value $54,030,833 $78,232,995…

Big Creek Resources Ltd. 750,000 shs offered @ 81 cents.

Assay results should be available this month from another batch of drill holes on the Holloway gold project of 60/40 partners Noranda (TSE) and Freewest Resources (TSE) in northeastern Ontario. Drill …

Murray Pezim is looking elsewhere for senior financing for his junior companies after lengthy negotiations with an international major mining company terminated without an agreement. The major, believ…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market US69.50-70.50 cents per lb. (Mar.14, 1991) ANTIMONY: New York dealer US84-85 cents per lb. (Mar. 14, 1991). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$2.80-2.90 per lb. (Jan. 31, 1991). CADM…

W. Aitken appointed president.

L. George appointed a director succeeding Jordan Ethans who resigned.

Acquiring one land position and entering into a second agreement for another in northeastern Ontario was Regal Goldfields, which for the week ended March 26 closed at 80 cents, up by 20 cents, on a vo…

Lower nickel and zinc prices, coupled with a less favorable U.S. dollar exchange rate and higher depreciation charges, led to a 39% drop in operating profit at Falconbridge last year. The company, own…