Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Calgary-based Sceptre Resources (TSE) is still waiting for approval from a number of creditors before going ahead with its plan to acquire the assets of debt ridden Oakwood Petroleums (TSE) Sceptre mu…

Consolidated P.C.R. Industries has changed its name to Oregon Resources Corp. (ORE:VSE) on a share-for-share basis. News in Brief Thor Gold has changed its name to Solomon Gold Corp. (SGT:ASE) on a sh…

Gold Texas Resources (VSE) reports significant drill results have been obtained from its 4,100-acre Buckhorn project located in Washington state. The property, owned jointly by Gold Texas and Crown Re…

Landmark Corp. (TSE) of Toronto reports a net loss for the 9-month period ended Sept 30 of $6.14 million or 23 per share on revenue of $4.92 million. For the same period a year earlier the company re…

Bids will likely start coming in during the first week of January for the assets of Esso Minerals Canada, which were put on the selling block earlier this year by parent Imperial Oil. President Michae…

Drilling by Cameco — A Canadian Mining & Energy Corp. on the Hanson Lake property has outlined three sulphide lenses displaying the potential for hosting in excess of three million tons of zinc-coppe…

The spot price of platinum dropped about $100 recently following an announcement in the United States by the Ford Motor Co. that it is developing a catalytic converter which does not require the metal…

In an industry where the brightest geologists often go unrewarded with even one major discovery, the development of a gold mine is considered an achievement not to be taken lightly. So when a junior r…

A gold and silver mining project in Chile with proven and probable reserves in excess of five million gold equivalent ounces appears to be on its way into the international property portfolio of minin…

A general and special meeting is being organized by Normetal Mining Exploration (ME) for Dec 21 at Rouyn-Noranda, Que., at which shareholders will vote on a private placement worth $400,000 with Socie…

Still grappling with startup problems at its wholly- owned Johnny Mountain mine in the Iskut River area of British Columbia, Skyline Explorations (TSE) may be starting to see some light at the end of …

This week, mining issues drifted slightly lower on thin volume. Exxeter Resources continues to be one of the few active traders. It was slightly better this week with 218,000 shares traded in the 37 …