Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Northgate Exploration (TSE) of Toronto recently purchased by way of private placement an additional 850,000 flow-through common shares of Geddes Resources (TSE) at $1.50 each. With 4,854,325 Geddes sh…

Melrose Resources (VSE) has signed a letter of intent to purchase 20 claims in the Lac St. Jean area of Quebec. Terms of the agreement require Melrose to make payments totalling $10,000 and issue 100,…

Calgary-based Bresea Resources (ASE) has managed to ease itself out of financial difficulty by issuing shares for debt. According to Bresea, a debt load of $100,000 will be paid off when it issues 205…

I read with interest your obituary on Allison Heather in the Mar. 20, 1989, issue. However, there was one glaring inaccuracy which I would like to correct. Mr Heather was never manager of Madsen Red L…

Sole ownership of the Siscoe project near Val d’Or, Que., remains with Maufort Resources (ME), the company says. Maufort says Cambior Inc. (TSE) has withdrawn from the operation of the project and, ac…

Vancouver-based Mono Gold Mines (VSE) says that a recently completed surface drill program on its Bannockburn project near Madoc, Ont., indicates that more underground exploration is required. Mono Go…

With the United States steel industry operating at 90% of capacity, the fortunes of Oglebay Norton Company (NASDAQ) have improved dramatically. According to President Renold Thompson, iron ore pellet …

Test milling of material from the Chester Twp. gold property of Chesbar Resources (TSE) and Murgold Resources (TSE) near Gogama, Ont., is under way. The companies — Chesbar has a 60% interest and Mur…

Dofasco Inc. (TSE) has completed the purchase of a 25% share interest in Quebec Cartier Mining Co. Quebec Cartier operates iron ore mines and processing facilities in Quebec. Dofasco has also entered …

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market US93.50- 96.50 cents per lb. (Mar 30, 1989). ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.00- $1.03(US) per lb. (Jan 19, 1989). BISMUTH: New York dealer $6.65-$6.75(US) per lb (Mar 9, 1989). …

The scientific jury is still out on the results of an experiment in which platinum and palladium elements were used to produce nuclear fusion. Two researchers, Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons, sai…

Underground exploration has established ore grade continuity over mineable widths at the Donalda mine property where partners Syngold Exploration (TSE) and partner Minnova Inc. (TSE) are involved in a…