Articles by Northern Miner Staff

An amended agreement between partners Thunderwood Resources (TSE) and Falconbridge Ltd. has paved the way for renewed exploration at the Pelletier Lake gold project near Rouyn-Noranda, Que. After a ye…

The purchase of a $2.1-million note (Series 2) from United Coin Mines (TSE), the final instalment of tranche 2 of a commitment to acquire up to $9.6 million of United’s 11% notes, was recently complet…

A 7,500-ft. drilling program is under way on property in Chester Twp., Ont. by Chesbar Resources (TSE) with a 64% interest and Murgold Resources (TSE) with 36%. The partners say a new gold zone was f…

Mimiska Mining (ME) has earned a 50% interest in the Pyrite Falls project in Labrador. Noranda (TSE) holds the remaining 50%. Gold values have been encountered in wide-spaced drilling completed on a s…

The price of gold was on a tear upwards and the stock markets in retreat today, Jan. 24. Gold, which spent more than a few months last year below US$400, rallied today in London, where the afternoon f…

Alexander Pope, a long-time resident of the old silver mining camp of Gowganda and a well- known prospector, died Dec. 31 in Englehart, Ont. He was 100 years old. He led an active life in the field we…

Members of the New Brunswick Prospectors and Developers Association (NBPDA) will raffle a dore bar at the 58th annual convention of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) in Toron…

The right to earn an interest in a group of mineral properties in the Oxford Lake area of Manitoba has been acquired by The Lithium Corp. of Canada (COATS). Lithium may earn a 50% interest from Norand…

MVP BGR Central Capital Net value $12.61 $6.33 $0.45 Price $11.50 $6.50 $0.42 Discount 8.80% 2.7% 7% Value $75,106,282.70 $106,636,558 N/A…

Many politicians of our time are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in…

Vancouver-based Major General Resources (VSE) is poised to pick up a large portfolio of exploration properties from Umex, a subsidiary of Belgium-based Union Miniere SA. The two companies recently sig…

Exploration drilling by Bonanza Metals (ASE) on the Poirier base metal property near Joutel, Que., continues to yield encouraging results, the company reports. Bonanza’s joint venture partner in the p…