Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Taxation in this country is draining us dry. Indeed it’s up over 1,000% since 1961, reports the reputable Vancouver-based Fraser Institute, which carries out an ongoing assessment of the whole, broad …

Ownership of 81 claims (about 3,120 acres) in the Dunlop Bay area of Matagami Lake in northwestern Quebec is reported by Northern Mining Explorations (ME). Since 1985, numerous gold indications have b…

Spreading its tentacles into Montana, Prime Capital has acquired control of U.S. Grant Gold Mining and the U.S. Grant property near Virginia City. Prime and a Vancouver junior, Bethlehem Resources, (V…

Despite the recently-announced abandonment (after it had been completed) of a major U.S. nuclear power station, other events have offered hope and expectation that there will be no slowing in the worl…

John Black, a well known mining executive, died recently in North Vancouver. He lived his early days in St. Louis, Miss., and attended Queen’s University before joining Rio Algom in the early years of…

Breakwater Resources (TSE) has completed the purchase of 3.2 million shares or 19.9% of the issued capital of Noramco Mining (TSE) for an aggregate consideration of $20.8 million. Of that amount, $6 m…

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The latest player in the Goudreau-Lochalsh mining camp northeast of Wawa, Ont., is Golden Myra Resources (TSE). Newly-listed, the company completed a share offering which netted $756,000. The funds wi…

Toronto-based HSK Minerals (TSE) has entered an agreement with CMP 1988 Resource Partnership and Co. Ltd. (CMP), in which CMP will subscribe for shares of HSK on a flow-through basis for a considerati…

Lencourt Ltd. (TSE) has agreed to amalgamate with a Toronto- based private exploration company called Quill Resources. According to Lencourt, a letter of intent has been signed in which the company ha…

Need to know more about the finding, development and financing of mines in Canada? The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada is aiming to fill the gaps in knowledge on these subjects, throu…

Rising interest rates have put a lid on the summer rally — at least for the time being. Combined with summer holidays and investor concerns over inflation and the economy in general, our review week …