Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Australia’s Western buys TSE’s Western

An Australian company, Western Mining Corp., has made a $101-million takeover offer for Toronto-based Western Goldfields whose principal asset is the Hog Ranch mine in Nevada. In the past month Wester…


St. Genevieve options Marshall property

An agreement has been reached between St. Genevieve Resources and Marshall Minerals whereby St. Genevieve has acquired an option to earn a 30% interest in the contiguous Carshaw-Malga properties near …


Copper, gold should boost Teck’s earnings in 1988

Norman Keevil Jr. took the podium at Teck Corp.’s annual meeting, apologized for the noises coming from the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association in the next room, and proceeded to tell sha…


Corona completes Prime Capital deal

Announcing completion of an approximate one-third voting and equity position in Prime Capital Corp. of Vancouver was International Corona Resources of Toronto. The purchase price consisted of five mil…



Mid-North, Granges deal in Manitoba bet

Mid-North Resources has optioned Granges Exploration’s Gurney gold mine property in Manitoba. Located east of Flin Flon, the Gurney mine produced 25,000 oz of gold and 71,000 oz of silver from 1937-19…


Gunnar drill program

A 10,000-ft drilling program has started on the Courageous Lake property held by partners Gunnar Gold and Mill City Gold. Located in the Northwest Territories, the 7,333- acre property is located near…


Drilling by X-Cal

X-Cal Resources (xcl:tse) has commenced a winter diamond drilling program on its Snowbird property near Fort St. James, B.C. The program will continue for approximately five weeks. Current plans call …


Nickel Plate’s third life boosts Mascot

The third era of production from the historic Nickel Plate mine at Hedley is proving profitable for Mascot Gold Mines. The new British Columbia gold producer, owned 50% by Lacana Mining, expects to pr…


Lacana’s profit without Mascot lower in 1987

Earnings of $10.3 million (52 cents per share), before extraordinary items, for the nine months ending Sept 30, 1987, were recorded by Toronto-based Lacana Mining. Net earnings for the same period, af…


Sunrise to drill N.S. gold bet

Diamond drilling is scheduled to get started before the end of January on the 9,300-acre Beaverdam gold property of Sunrise Metals Corp. in Nova Scotia, according to President Anthony Rich. This lies …


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