Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Noranda Inc. is going hunting for base metals this year — not to the total exclusion of precious metals, of course, but enough to mark a major shift in emphasis. Last year, for every $6 spent trying …

During 1988, Queenston Gold Mines expects its property interests will undergo a minimum of two underground exploration programs and four surface drill programs. Total exploration expenditures by Queen…

Rio Algom, operating through its wholly-owned subsidiary Rio Algom Exploration, plans to increase its Canadian exploration activities in 1988, especially in its search for gold and massive sulphide ba…

The Royex group, which includes International Corona Resources, Lacana Mining and Mascot Gold Mines, expects to intensify its search for exploration and acquisition opportunities in 1988 under newly- …

High-pressure slurry pumps, manufactured by geho Pumps of the Netherlands, are now available in Canada. The company has established an office in Schofield, Wis. and has formed a new company — geho Pu…

Continuing the remarkable forward trend which has been in progress for several years, Buffalo Ankerite Gold Mines, in 1937, marked up increases of 120 per cent in net profits after all charges. The co…

Outokumpu Equipment of Canada has been appointed the agent in Canada for the industrial line of products manufactured by Berthold of West Germany. ** Products include density gauges, level measurement…

Agnico-Eagle Mines has set a $9.6 million exploration budget for 1988. The bulk of the money, about $8.3 million, will be spent on surface and underground exploration for silver in the Cobalt/New Lisk…

The Canadian mining industry loses about $940 million every year because it habitually ignores proper maintenance procedures that could reduce wear and friction in equipment components. That rather st…

Belmoral Mines and its associated companies will spend more than $30 million in 1988 on exploration and development of existing operations and properties. They are located near Val d’Or, Que. and in t…

Teck Corp.’s strategy in 1986 and 1987 was to revitalize its portfolio of properties through deals with junior companies that take advantage of the flow-through share funding so readily available to t…

The exploration arm of the ubiquitous Pezim group of companies is now known as Prime Explorations (formerly Galveston Explorations). In North America, Prime will be involved in nearly 50 exploration p…