Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A new quarterly production record was announced by Eastmaque Gold Mines (TSE) from its operations at Kirkland Lake, Ont., and from its 50% interest in the American Girl mining joint venture in Califor…

Madison Grant Resources (COATS) has reached an agreement to acquire 40 mining claims from the president of the company. Madison hopes the additional claims, which lie adjacent to Madison’s gold-silver…

The Toronto Stock Exchange has asked companies not to announce stock buybacks if they do not intend to purchase any of their own shares. The request was made as part of an attempt by the TSE to reduce…

Montreal-based Consolidated Gold Hawk Resources (ASE) reports that CGH (1990) Mineral Exploration Partnership has raised $243,000 in a recent flow-through financing for which the partnership will rece…

Two companies active in the industrial minerals field, International Larder Minerals (TSE) and Bakertalc (TSE), have agreed to amalgamate. For Bakertalc, a talc producer, the amalgamation will provide…

A recent agreement between Link Resources (VSE) and Asiatel Media (VSE) will provide for ongoing exploration of the Hoodoo and Inhini properties in the Iskut River camp of northwestern British Columbi…

If a positive production decision is made on the Capas gold property in the Philippines, West Gold Explorations will be granted a 5-year tax holiday, says Grizzly Creek Resources (VSE). Grizzly Creek …

Jan. 8 Jan. 7 Jan. 4 Jan. 3 Jan. 2 HIGH LOW Composite “300” 3182.42 3201.00 3216.59 3221.73 3239.36 4009.47 3009.91 Metals & Minerals 2648.61 2650.66 2677.34 2682.61 2742.67 3453.06 2502.63 Integrated…

What a dizzying assortment of one-liners there has been over the last century. Generally short in their effect, directives such as the following have tended to steer some of us in a particular directi…

John MacIsaac, the man known to many as Canada’s pre-eminent mining contractor, died recently at his home in Sudbury, Ont., after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 84. The native of Butte, Mont., w…

Nobody likes to be taxed, and additional taxation is impossible to justify as long as government spending remains out of control. Nevertheless, the public outcry that arose when Ottawa’s new goods and…

Viola Rita MacMillan had two careers in the Canadian mining industry. She and her husband teamed up as prospectors and developers of several substantial mineral deposits across the country. She was al…