Garbage in — Garbage out
Consider the opportunity to invest in one of two mine development projects. Both are gold mines in northern Ontario, both have the same grade, the same reserves and the same operating conditions. The …
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Imperial earnings still in black
Results for the three months ended Dec. 31 show Imperial Metals (TSE) still in the black with net earnings of $13,000 on revenues of $1.2 million. Earnings for the comparative quarter in 1988 were $90…
Letters to the Editor Prospector faults Bill 71
I am writing to you in answer to the statements put forth by Ontario Mines Minister Hugh O’Neil (T.N.M., March 19/90). I would ask on what basis he thinks setting high rates will encourage the submiss…
Pamorex detects second gold zone
After conducting some further assaying on drill core from a recently completed exploration hole on the Upper Beaver property near Kirkland Lake, Ont., Pamorex Minerals (TSE) says it has detected a sec…
Princeton gains control of Cliff
By selling its wholly owned asbestos unit to Cliff Resources (TSE) in exchange for common equity, Princeton Mining (TSE) has effectively gained control of Cliff. Princeton estimates that it will own 7…
Editorial Gold price unlikely to stay down long
One can’t help but get the jitters watching gold drop $US20 in a single day as it did this past week on the London market. In New York the April futures contract sank almost $30 March 26, its steepest…
Eden Roc gives production nod to African bet
The African Ivory Coast gold concession of Eden Roc Mineral (ASE) will be brought into production, says the controlling shareholder of Eden Roc. Marshall Minerals (ASE), with more than a 50% interest …
LAC likes potential of narrow structure at Kirkland Lake
The geology department at LAC Minerals’ (TSE) Macassa mine is excited about a vein system that runs parallel to the Kirkland Lake Main Break, the gold-rich structure upon which Macassa has feasted for…
VSM, Serem up reserves on Grevet zinc project
Geological reserves at the Grevet zinc-copper-silver project operated by Serem Quebec and held under option by VSM Exploration (ME) have topped the 10-million-tonne mark. Situated about 40 km northeas…
Uranium price recovery unlikely, Greenpeace says
There is no hope of a uranium price recovery this decade, Greenpeace International predicts. The environmental group recently released a report in Australia entitled “Uranium Demand, Supply and Prices…
Vancouver Stock Exchange Market survives plummeting gold price
Gold’s plunge on March 26 from the US$490 level to the $US366 level emphasizes its potential volatility, the lack of solid trading statistics and, if we are to believe the some of the rumors, the rela…
Book Reivew Copper burgeons in Arizona
The Primary Copper Industry of Arizona in 1988 details production, stripping ratios, ore grade, mill recoveries, reserves, employment and wages and other statistics. Also included in this annual repor…