Articles by Northern Miner Staff

One of the various means of raising money for exploration and development that seems to be growing in popularity is the gold loan. Recent news out of Quebec is that a junior, Nova-Cogesco Resources, h…

A positive feasibility study has been received by Consolidated Professor Mines (TSE) for the company’s 100%-owned Duport gold project. Completed by the consulting firm of Wright Engineers, the report …

A controversial ownership dispute over a group of mining claims in the Hemlo, Ont., gold belt has made International Baslen one of the hottest issues in Alberta during recent trading sessions. The fac…

Graphite may not be as easily marketed as gold, but Stewart Lake Resources (TSE) is confident it will have no trouble selling the product from its graphite deposit near Kingston, Ont., at a price that…

A joint venture consisting of USMX Inc. (NASDAQ) and Pegasus Gold (NASDAQ) has encountered “potentially significant gold mineralization” on their Winrock and Casino properties in the Alligator Ridge t…

The highest grade gold values at Huntington Resources’ (VSE) Brett property near Vernon, B.C., appear to occur at a specific elevation; and this may partly explain why several recently announced holes…

South American Goldfields was active this week, moving to 95 cents on volume of 66,500 shares. The company is active exploring for gold in South America. Transgold continued to show strength, remainin…

In Nova Scotia, an unprecedented number of underground exploration programs are either under way, about to commence or being contemplated for 1988 by eight junior exploration companies and two majors….

A 7-ft intersection with a subeconomic grade of 0.11 oz gold per ton wouldn’t merit much attention in the majority of North American exploration projects. But the announcement that Lac Minerals (TSE) …

Toronto stock promoter Charles Stuart has threatened to get a court injunction to stop Hemlo Gold Mines (TSE) from mining a group of northwestern Ontario claims which he says are rightfully his. In a …

Canada may soon have another platinum group metal (PGM) producer. COATS-listed Platinum Lake Technology is well financed to test a new leaching method for recycling PGMs in catalytic converters from s…

Sulphide mineralization has been located one mile north of Cominco Resources International’s (TSE) Buckhorn mine near Carlin, Nev. The new discovery is the product of a major exploration program desig…