Articles by Northern Miner Staff

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…

Toronto-based Bachelor Lake Gold Mines (TSE) has completed the purchase of 750,000 escrowed common shares of Western Premium Resources (VSE), the company said recently. After securing a 100% interest …

The summer doldrums have turned to fall slumbers as investors find less speculative ways to invest their savings. Even though gold climbed out of its recent freefall to close at $400(US) per oz, the e…

A horse head skeleton dug out of the Yukon’s rich archeological closet by a placer mining operation south of Dawson has officials at the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Ottawa elated. They now …

Kerr Addison Mines (TSE) and its subsidiary, Minnova Inc. (TSE) will form a joint venture to explore the 250,000 hectares of exploration property held by the two companies. The joint venture will be f…