Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Shareholders of Stikine Resources (TSE) will have the opportunity to accept buy- out offers for their shares from either Corona (TSE) or Placer Dome (TSE). Both major companies recently announced offe…

British Columbia’s Cariboo region is a land of old mountains, weathered down to undulating hills. Near the top of one of them is the Gibraltar mine, as steady a copper producer as the famous rock that…

Drilling at the Nicholas Lake gold project held by Athabaska Gold Resources (TSE) and Chevron Minerals has been placed on hold while the partners complete an initial feasibility study. Situated 60 mil…

The approach road to the Estrades project site, floating as it does in the midst of a swamp, gives some indication of the unique difficulties Breakwater Resources (TSE) has to overcome in preparation …

Pioneering mine operators are finding it rough going in northwestern British Columbia north of Stewart, B.C. Three recently opened mines are all facing problems that weren’t contemplated back in 1986-…

In a share swap agreement, NovaGold Resources (TSE) has gained control of Etruscan Enterprises (VSE). Offering one Novagold share for every 1.2 Etruscan shares, NovaGold acquired 71% of Etruscan and s…

News of a deal with Noranda Mines covering exploration of property adjacent to the Bardome zinc project in the Val d’Or, Que., area helped to spark the trading of more than 1.2 million shares of Resso…

Directors at St. Genevieve Resources (TSE) have agreed to adopt a shareholder protection rights plan. St. Genevieve says the overall objective of the plan is to discourage “unfair” takeover tactics an…

Because of an equity stake in Pass Lake Resources (VSE) along with a healthy direct land position, Goldbelt Mines (VSE) will be an active player in the Galore Creek area. Galore Creek is part of the a…

Gold production in Nevada reached record levels in 1989, jumping 36% from the previous year. Total production from Nevada mines surpassed five million ounces said the Nevada commission on economic dev…

John Ternowesky, a Thunder Bay, Ont., grain handler turned mining promoter reckons he’ll be able to survive the current exploration slump that is driving dozens of his colleagues out of the mining gam…

Shoal Lake, a source of drinking water for Winnipeg, Man., is the location for Consolidated Professor Mines’ (TSE) Duport gold project. Trying to convince Winnipeg residents that mine effluent won’t c…