Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Almost 25,000 ft of a 43,000-ft drilling program on the MacLellan mine property near Lynn Lake, Man., has been completed, SherrGold Inc. reports. Four drills are busy on the property, which hosts a pr…

The first tailings have been pumped by Eastmaque Gold Mines to the mill at Kirkland Lake, Ont., the company reports. Although ice cover over Kirkland Lake was having a detrimental affect on dredging o…

VANCOUVER — A production decision is expected by late spring on the Silver Queen polymetallic property near Houston, B.C., owned 60% by Houston Metals Corp. and 40% by New Nadina Exploration. A feasi…

An important-looking gold discovery has been made by partners Beaufield Resources (49%) and Falconbridge Ltd. (51%) in the Macho- Rouleau area 140 km northeast of Senneterre, Que. Drilling by Falconbr…

Significant gold assays are coming in from the Pacquet property on Newfoundland’s Baie Verte Peninsula where International Impala Resources and Noranda Exploration Co. have a joint venture program. Th…

Recklessly jumping from choppers still several feet in the air, eager to get some of the action of the Hemlo discovery, mining men alighting in the camp with a thud in 1981 were heard to use some pret…

Tusk Minerals has acquired an option to earn a 50% interest in 21 claims northeast of Wawa, Ont. Located in the Goudreau-Missanabie area, the claims are located seven miles east of the Magino and Krem…

A gold loan of 106,000 oz has allowed International Corona Resources to pay off its share (50%) of the financing for the producing David Bell gold mine at Hemlo in northern Ontario. Corona sold the go…

VANCOUVER — Following an amazingly short construction period of 35 weeks, Pioneer Metals is commissioning the mill at its Puffy Lake gold project in northwestern Manitoba. As anticipated, the first d…

With major permits granted and financing arranged, Viceroy Resources expects to begin production at its Castle Mountain heap leach gold property in San Bernardino Cty., Calif., by next summer. The $11…

Preferred shareholders of Potash Co. of America (pca) have voted in favor of an amalgamation between their company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rio Algom Ltd. Rio Algom reports the preferred share…

The lawsuit between International Corona Resources and Lac Minerals has developed into much more than a dispute within the mining industry. The case is now going before the Supreme Court of Canada and…