Articles by Northern Miner Staff

While volumes were generally low, a number of gold stocks posted substantial gains during trading this week. Torene Gold Exploration and Jascan Resources lead the way with 65 cents gains as gold price…

Although some gold stocks have firmed up lately, the overall tone of the market here is decidedly neutral. Market confidence was badly shaken by the Oct 19 crash and investors probably have good reaso…

The faculty of continuing education at the University of Calgary and the Surface Mining Lab of the Canada Centre for Mineral & Energy Technology (canmet) are organizing an International Symposium on M…

A record- breaking gold production year for Queenstake Resources boosted 9-month net profits to $196,942 on revenues of $4.3 million. This compares with a loss of $434,114 on revenues of $1.5 million …

While Canadian gold stocks continue to recover from Black Monday, the Oct 19 stock market debacle is still playing havoc with the plans of some junior exploration companies. Toronto-based Northfield C…

A 3,000-ft drill program is under way on Calnor Resources’ High Lake gold prospect 25 miles west of Kenora in northwestern Ontario. Drill targets were located by a comprehensive trenching and sampling…

Results from Newfields Minerals’ drilling program on the joint venture Teck- Hughes property in Kirkland Lake, Ont., are helping define new drill targets. Hole No 29 at a depth of 190 ft intersected a…

Another spectacular drill hole has been reported from Westmin Resources’ Debbie property on Vancouver Island which falls under a joint venture agreement with Nexus Resource Corp. and Angle Resources. …

The Winston Lake zinc-copper-silver-gold deposit, near Schreiber in northwestern Ontario, has become the focus of a lawsuit. Toronto-based Zenmac Zinc launched a legal action in November with the Su…

William Stanley’s and Bob Holmes’s article “Crisis in Education” (September issue) should be subtitled, “Where will the students come from?” Geology is not offered in most high schools in Ontario. The…

To the people of a tourist town located in a non-mining part of the country, a 10-year mine life doesn’t sound like much — certainly not enough to justify spending $73 million today to scoop 600,000 …

Have you ever heard of silence being used as a performance standard? Consider lubrication. One result of a lubricant at work is the lack of noise as it minimizes friction between metal surfaces in mot…