Articles by Northern Miner Staff

There are some positive signs that 1988 could be a good year for metals stocks. Indeed, the stronger Canadian dollar is probably reflecting higher commodity prices, especially copper and nickel. The i…

Ontario Hydro is proud of its nuclear reactors, and rightfully so. More than one-third of the province’s power is generated by nuclear fuel at a cost that is probably the cheapest in the world. Nuclea…

There may be a long way to go, but Ontex Resources has won the first round in a court battle to regain the Brookbank gold property near Beardmore, Ont. from Metalore Resources. Ontex says Justice D.H…

A new process for recovering gold from its ores is being developed by scientists from the bp Research Centre at Sunbury, near London, England. An experimental pilot plant, capable of processing up to …

Two junior mining companies, Sundust Resources (symbol suw) of Sherbrooke, Que., and Mill City Gold (symbol mld) of Calgary, were recently listed on the Montreal Exchange. Incorporated in June, 1987, …

Manridge Explorations has completed a financing with Brault, Guy, O’Brien Inc., an investment house, which raised $1.85 million. Of this amount, $1.45 million was raised on a flow-through share basis….

A spokesperson for Johnsby Mines says the company has not decided yet whether it will put up 40% of the financing required to bring the Johnsby Colomac Lake gold property to production. A joint ventur…

A 12,500-ft drilling contract has been let by Westmin Resources which will test several targets on the Westmain project shared with partner Eastmain Resources in Quebec. MSV Resources, which can earn …

A letter of intent to purchase the East Kemptville tin mine in Nova Scotia from the banking group which provided the original financing for the project has been signed by Rio Algom of Toronto. The tin…

With Christmas and New Year’s behind us, it is time to look at the exploration events of 1987 and to prophesy how they will continue in ’88. The Alberta Stock Exchange in Calgary boomed along with no …

Soquem, the Quebec Crown corporation, has entered into a joint venture agreement with FinNeth Exploration, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Outokumpu Mines and Billiton Metals, on a titanium property in Q…

With the pall of Black Monday still hanging over world stock markets, more professional and private investors are taking a close look at gold as an investment which has remained stable, yet still offe…