Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Nanisivik is accessible by ice-strengthened ships from August through mid-October. Shiploads of supplies from Montreal arrive each summer to replace dwindling inventories. An ice-breaking bulk cargo s…

Isolated “fly-in” mines are not the big contributors to the wealth of the north that conventional wisdom assumes. In fact, according to two researchers at Memorial University in Newfoundland, employme…

The Nanisivik zinc-lead deposit, on the northern end of Baffin Island, consists of massive sulphides within dolomite of the Society Cliffs Formation of Helikian age. Pyrite is the main mineral, but in…

A new leaner Chelsea Resources (VSE) is planning to increase production this year at the troubled Spotted Horse gold mine near Lewistown, Mont. After gaining control of the company, Chairman Fernando …

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Jan160.00 155.70 155.70 — 3.00 Mar151.90 147.70 148.05 — 0.75 May139.30 137.00 13…

For Falconbridge Ltd. (TSE) and its inimitable chairman, Bill James, 1988 was one of those years when the gods appeared to be smiling. Riding on record high copper and nickel prices the Toronto base m…

Results from an ongoing drilling program on the Laurani gold-silver property 130 km south of La Paz, Bolivia has United Mining Corp. (OTC) and its 50/50 joint venture partner considering an undergroun…

The federal government and the government of Quebec have teamed up to provide a grant of $1.97 million to Audrey Resources (TSE), which is building a mill at its Mobrun project north of Rouyn- Noranda…

For 9-month period ended Sept 30, 1988. In millions of dollars, except per-share figures. 1988 1987 Assets $5,699 $8,258.6 Long-term debt $2,167.0 $1,706.0 Revenue $6,578.0 $7,366.2 Ear…

Gold producer Malartic Hygrade Gold Mines (Canada) (VSE) and Gold Texas Resources (VSE) are battling each other in court over a proposed merger involving Gold Texas and two Texas-based junior mining c…

Calgary-based Octan Resources (ASE) has completed the acquisition of Terra Mines’ (TSE) Camsell River assets in the Northwest Territories which were shut down due to low silver prices in 1985. They in…

Toronto-based Goldex Mines (TSE) will continue to play wait and see with its Dubuisson Twp. property near Val d’Or, Que. After spending $13.4 million since 1985 on surface and underground exploration,…