Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The mining industry has a standard and accepted way of reporting reserves. First, the reserve category — proven, probable or possible — is given, then the tonnage and grade. But a new practice has …

The assets of Esso Minerals Canada, recently put up for sale by parent Imperial Oil (N.M., Sept 26/88) include several interesting gold prospects. In the Toodoggone area of northern British Columbia, …

American Barrick’s wholly-owned Camflo mine 12 miles west of Val d’Or, Que., rates but one page in the company’s 62-page, 1987 annual report. Barrick’s Mercur and Holt-McDermott mines and the Nevada g…

For JoAnne Nelson, project geologist working withing the Canada- British Columbia Mineral Development Agreement, the past has come alive in an unusual way. In June, 1987, The University of British Col…

Gemcom Services Inc. is hosting a 4-day workshop entitled “Introduction to Geostatistics,” in Vancouver from Nov 2-5. For further information, contact Craig Hasbon at (604) 684-6550 or Fax (604) 687-5…

A falling gold price might normally cause gold-mine operators to shudder, but recent developments in bank-related financing and hedging techniques have afforded a degree of protection to big and small…

Noront Resources (VSE) is the company that has been chosen by Central Crude (VSE) to acquire an interest in certain of the properties recently acquired by Crude in the Mishibishu, Swayze and Hemlo are…

A base of support appears to be building around the 3,200-pt mark as another week of directionless trading came to a close. Today’s close of 3,266.15 pts was down 4 pts — typical of the trading activ…

Toronto-based Landmark Corp. (TSE) has acquired 450,000 Class A non-voting shares of Oakwood Petroleums from Drake Holdings Ltd. for a consideration of $450,000, the company said recent. The company a…

A 5-year modernization plan costing $46 million will be undertaken by Canadian Copper Refiners (CCR) at its Montreal East plant. David Goldman, vice-president responsible for the CCR division of Noran…

On the side of a tavern along Highway 66 near Kirkland Lake, Ont., the sign reads “Go with the Flow.” The diamond drillers along the Golden Highway that runs from Timmins, Ont., to Val d’Or, Que., dea…

There’s a lot riding on the Kremzar gold mine 20 miles northeast of here. Not only does Canamax Resources (TSE) expect the mine to be the company’s main gold operation, it marks the first production f…