Articles by Northern Miner Staff

COEUR d’ALENE MINES — Michael C. Tippet appointed exploration manager.

Start-up of the Premier Gold mine project near Stewart, B.C., is proving to be a challenge for project operator, Westmin Resources (TSE). The company said the open pit mining program is now several mo…

The Tundra Gold project — one of the largest undeveloped gold deposits in Canada — is looking uneconomic at current gold prices, say owners Noranda Inc. (TSE), Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) and Total Energ…

Annual gold output from the Golden Patricia mine in northwestern Ontario has exceeded original expectations. The underground mine, owned 100% by Bond International Gold (TSE), produced 49,635 oz of go…

A sudden heart attack has claimed the life of Toronto consulting geologist Edward Wade. Wade, who worked at various times with Falconbridge Ltd., Lac Minerals and Rio Tinto Zinc, was 49 when he died. …

Drilling by Cameco and Trimin Resources (TSE) on their Hanson Lake zinc-copper property in Saskatchewan continues to intersect mineralization. Two holes in the current 20,000-ft drill program were dri…

A survey by the Gold Institute of Washington, D.C., involving companies responsible for 60% of U.S. gold output, indicates that between 1982 and 1988, these companies invested $614 million(US) in thei…

Control of Stan West Mining’s (TSE) Iron King property in Yavapai Cty., Ariz., is to be acquired by Coronado Resources (VSE), following the signing of a recent option agreement. Coronado has agreed to…

Joint venture partners Greenstone Resources (TSE) and Dragoon Resources (VSE) have outlined geophysical targets for follow-up drilling on their claims in the Eskay Creek area of British Columbia. Earl…

I was referred to your research department in order to trace an old 1922 stock certificate for 100 shares of a company called Consolidated West Dome Mines. I hope you can be of some assistance in this…

Another stir hit the Vancouver Stock Exchange this week when Canarim Investment said it wouldn’t take down one million units of Prime Resources that had been withdrawn by an investor after the closing…

Investors determined to stay in the market were taken on a roller- coaster ride for yet another week following the Friday the 13th mini- crash. The markets were hit by another round of after-shocks, t…