Uranium market changes foreseen
Market trends in uranium are creating new situations in which it is becoming more difficult for utilities and producers to accommodate the requirements of each other, Nuexco’s George White, Jr says. A…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Black Swan doing well in Australian
There are some striking similarities between the Australian and Canadian mining industries; so it’s not surprising that Australian companies are doing business in Canada and Canadians are developing n…
GAC meeting
The joint national meeting of the Geological Association of Canada, the Mineralogical Association of Canada and the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists will be held May 22-25, 1988, in St. John’s…
Minerals play avital role in society
Neither mining executives nor media personnel are entirely happy with their relationship. Mining men feel that much of the coverage of their industry is unfair or inaccurate or both. They believe the …
Norwood exploring property anomaly
A program of stripping, detailed mapping, channeling and sampling was performed in September on anomaly “A” on property in Currie Twp. located in northern Quebec between Val d’Or and Chibougamau, Norw…
Canhorn units
Canhorn Mining of Toronto has entered into a private placement agreement with Great Horn Inc. of New York whereby the latter may purchase 200,000 units of Canhorn for a total consideration of $500,000…
Metal snips (November 16, 1987)
The Soviet Institute of Metallurgy says it has a substitute alloy that could replace gold in its jewelry and industrial applications, Metal Bulletin reports. Named inpal and made from a combination of…
Battle Mountain defers offering
A public offering of 5.25 million common shares of Battle Mountain Gold has been postponed by the company. Chairman Douglas Bourne said the company made the decision because of the current volatility …
Drilling by Galactic, Quartz Mountain tops 400 holes
More than 400 holes representing more than 150,000 ft of drilling were completed by the end of October by Galactic Resources and Quartz Mountain Gold at their south-central Oregon property. The compan…
New pilot plant at Killick’s Adams bet
Killick Gold of Salmon Arm, B.C. has completed exploration at its Adams Plateau mineral claims near Kamloops B.C., the company announced recently. An 1,800-ton bulk sample was assayed recently at the …
David Bell mine helps Teck boost annual earnings
Net earnings (unaudited) of $33.6 million (70 cents per share) on revenues of $203 million were recorded by Teck Corp. for the 1987 fiscal year ending Sept 30. Teck’s fourth-quarter earnings during th…
Alberta Stock Exchange Investors like Argus
It’s two weeks now since Argus Resources revealed its massive sulphide discovery near Contwoyto Lake in the Northwest Territories, but the Argus issue is still attracting considerable investor interes…