Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has given approval to Viceroy Resources (TSE) to release the final version of the Environmental Impact Statement and Report (EIS/EIR) on the Castle Mo…

Calgary-based Northern Abitibi Mining (ASE) and Golden Rule Resources (TSE) have signed an agreement whereby Northern Abitibi will purchase a 50% interest in Golden Rule’s Douay gold property, in Jout…

Toronto-based Goldstake Explorations (TSE) and its joint venture partner Sawatch Gold Placers have begun a major drilling campaign on their South Pass gold project in Wyoming. The 2,962-hectare placer…

Ray Boonzaayer appointed corporate secretary succeeding Gill Panter who resigned.

Several decades ago, the district surrounding this peaceful community was crawling with prospectors and geologists aspiring to find a “company-builder” copper deposit similar to ones found at the near…

Pursuant to its Aug. 2 agreement with Gerle Gold (VSE), Placer Dome (TSE) has acquired 750,000 shares of the company at a price of 53 1/3 cents per share. Of the placement, 562,500 shares are designat…

Edmonton-based Gallery Resources (ASE) has begun production at its Hannandor placer gold mining operation in British Columbia. The first gold shipment of 120 oz. has been sent to the Englehardt refine…

A recent article mentioned Carlin Resources (VSE) and the Chandler property, five miles from Weiser, Idaho. I would like to know about the company’s 5% net royalty interest in a new gold mine called t…

A 60,000-ft. drilling program is scheduled to begin this fall on a Panamanian gold property acquired recently by joint venture partners Greenstone Resources (TSE) and Boliden International Mining, a u…

Whether the Vancouver Stock Indices were following gold down or just following through with last week’s drop is debatable. In any event, the Composite and Resources Indices put in dismal performances….

The Royal Bank of Canada has agreed to provide debt financing to help bring the Simkar gold project, 10 miles east of Val d’Or, Que., into production. The Simkar property, with proven and probable res…

Net income reported by FMC Gold (NYSE) for the three months ended June 30 was US$9.9 million versus US$13.8 million in 1989. The company attributed the drop in earnings to lower gold prices and high u…