Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Bitech Energy Resources (ASE) is attempting to expand its land position at Newfoundland’s Betts Cove area where the company is working on a promising gold discovery. Toronto-based Bitech is offering t…

A 15% increase in gold production was achieved by Homestake Mining (NYSE) during 1988. Total output climbed to 781,458 oz which Homestake emphasized “more than offset a $10 per ounce decline in the av…

Andrew Rickaby, vice-president, of mining for Denison Mines, has been elected chairman by the board of directors of the Ontario Mining Association (OMA) for 1989/90. His election was announced by Patr…

A 15-hole drilling program has started on the Murray Brook property, west of Bathurst, N.B. The target is base metals, not gold. Project operator NovaGold Resources (TSE) is drilling the holes to prov…

An Arizona precious metals property has been acquired recently by Oneida Resources (VSE). .T The property, known as the Mexican Hat project, is located in Cochise Cty., Ariz., about 80 miles southe…

Officers of the New Brunswick Branch of CIM met recently with students and teachers at Fredericton High School to present a grant to the school’s geological studies program. Seen here, John Stirling, …

The loss tallied $61,394,000 by Noramco Mining (TSE) for the first nine months of its current fiscal year testifies to a succession of exploration and development disappointments compounded by the clo…

By May of this year, Treminco Resources (TSE) expects to have completed construction of its own 200-ton-per-day mill on the Ptarmigan mine site located about 12 miles from Yellowknife, N.W.T. The new …

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Mar153.50 150.00 150.10 + 13.40 May145.60 142.30 144.00 + 12.80 Jul138.30 135.30 137…

The feasibility study for a conventional milling operation at Minven Gold Corp.’s (TSE) Gilt Edge mine in South Dakota has been awarded to Bechtel Inc. of San Francisco. The study, which will consider…

In an effort to increase reserves at its producing Cargo Muchacho gold mine, Eastmaque Gold Mines (TSE) has started its first exploration program since acquiring the California property from Newmont i…

Donald T. Rankin, secretary of Greater Lenora (TSE) announces the company has requested that the Vancouver Stock Exchange delist their common shares. The common shares will continue to be listed and p…