Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Net income of $591,000 (2 cents per share) was recorded by Toronto- based Hope Brook Gold for the five- month period ending Dec 31, 1987. Cash provided by operating activities totalled $674,000. Hope …

Claims by Noranda Inc. that exploration information about a gold property in northwestern Quebec was withheld prior to the sale of shares in one of the companies involved have been denied by Agnico-Ea…

A lawsuit launched against Falconbridge Ltd. and Minnova Inc. dominated discussion at the annual meeting of Toronto-based Opawica Explorations. Opawica, former owner of the Lac Shortt gold mine proper…

The 60th annual meeting of the Lead Industries Association and the 70th annual meeting of the Zinc Institute will open April 11 in Chicago. The 3-day lead/zinc affair will cover marketing and supply-d…

A crashing gold price, which erased 232.13 pts from the tse’s gold and silver index today, was the only highlight in a generally lacklustre trading week. Bullion tumbled through the $440-mark to $435….

Walter Baker, an 83-year-old Kirkland Lake prospector who first suggested to Donald McKinnon that claims around the cpr whistle-stop of Hemlo might be worth looking into, has been named Prospector of …

Equinox Resources has an option to earn a 60% interest in the Maude Lake gold deposit in Ontario. The deposit contains reserves of more than one million tons grading 0.2 oz gold per ton, not 0.1 oz as…

The volume leader on coats this week was Tarzan. Trading more than 450,000 shares, the issue hit $1.25 at the high. Tarzan’s exploration projects, which are run by well- known geologist Robert Middlet…

A 5,400-ft-long adit has reached its first objective at the Windy Craggy copper deposit, Geddes Resources says. Located in northwestern British Columbia, the Windy Craggy deposit is in rugged, mountai…

It may be a relatively new listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange, but Noramco Mining Corp. is an experienced player on the Canadian exploration scene. A public company since April 1987, the Vancouver-…

Recently boosting its holdings in Mascot Gold Mines to 50.3% (from 49.1%), through the acquisition of about 560,000 shares, was Lacana Mining of Toronto. Lacana says it acquired the Mascot shares (bot…

One of North America’s most influential financial publications has taken Borealis Exploration to task for spending flow-through dollars on its Arctic iron ore and gold projects without yet making any …