Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Lower gold prices are having a very negative impact on the Vancouver market which has still not recovered from the Oct 19 crash. Analysts conclude that forward sales have probably capped gold prices f…

The Ontario Securities Commission is expected to issue a new policy on financing junior resource companies during the first week of February. The new policy is expected to be implemented April 1. The …

** year ** With $3 million needed for expanded exploration programs on three placer gold projects, Calgary- based Gold City Resources is attempting to raise $1,750,000 during the current year. L…

A wholly-owned subsidiary of federal Crown corporation Eldorado Nuclear has received environmental approval to go ahead with a 3-pronged mine development plan in northern Saskatchewan. Estimated to co…

Although 1988 is still young, anyone expecting the price of gold to carry on from the high levels of last year may be forgiven for having second thoughts. The precious metal, which closed 1987 at $486…

Golden Pond Resources is the victor in an arbitration ruling which ruled in the company’s favor following a dispute with A-Pri-Or Mining. The latter company claims that Golden Pond had lost its rights…

The boards of directors of Toronto-based Rayrock Yellowknife Resources and Discovery West Corp. have agreed to a major rationalization of the mining and oil and gas assets of both companies. Under the…

Joint venture partners Tamavack Resources and International Maple Leaf continue to report encouraging drill results at their Fountain lake property in Moss Lake Twp., northwestern Ontario. A total of …

There are a number of remarkable aspects of the Noxon silver- copper project in Montana where two junior Canadian companies, Jascan Resources and Atlantic Goldfields, are funding work to bring the pro…

Ending a successful mining operation on a high note, Pine Point Mines reported net profits for 1987 of $28.3 million, or $6.11 per share. This compares with 1986 earnings of $2 million or 45 cents per…

The strong desire of metal consumers for price stability in the markets has had its effect on forecasts, public opinion and politics in the Western world since 1950. At that time, the U.S. Paley Commi…

Assay results from a 44-hole program completed last November on the former-producing Dufferin gold mine property near Port Dufferin, N.S., have been received by 50-50 joint venture partners Novamin In…