Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Mining executive J. Malcolm Slack isn’t running Belmoral Mines any more, but he’s not out of mining. The son and grandson of gold miners has other projects on the go, and has developed another interes…

Preliminary exploration of the Horwood Twp. gold property in northern Ontario by Pelangio- Larder Mines has been completed as part of an earn-in agreement with Bayridge Developments, Pelangio reports….

Higher gold prices combined with increased production from its Gold Quarry mine in the Carlin gold belt of Nevada, to give Newmont Gold Co. a third quarter earnings boost. Newmont says 1987 third quar…

Alberta-listed Anglo Porcupine Gold Mines has entered into a joint venture agreement with Noranda Exploration. Anglo can earn a 45% interest in the 46-claim Horwood property near Timmins, Ont. by spen…

Seadrift International Exploration reports a loss of $834,000 for the nine months ended Sept 30, compared with a loss of $321,0000 in the similar period last year. The company reports issue of share c…

If all that glitters isn’t gold, Canadian mining companies in 1987 weren’t aware of it. From British Columbia’s Queen Charlotte Islands to unlikely places like Baie d’Espoir in Newfoundland, Canada wa…

Record gold production was realized by Whim Creek Consolidated from mining operations in Australia. For the nine-month period ended Sept. 30, the company produced 30,193 oz of gold. For the third quar…

Drill-indicated and inferred reserves stand at 400,000 tons at the silver-lead-zinc-gold Silverknife prospect at the Liard mining division in British Columbia, Reg Resources reports. Forty-nine holes …

Results from a deep drill hole at American Barrick Resources’ Goldstrike mine near Elko, Nev., seem to indicate that the Toronto-based company could be on the verge of another major discovery. As repo…

Newly-created Cominco Resources International is making good progress towards its objective of becoming an international mining company. Created in May, 1987 by parent company Cominco Ltd., which hold…

The gold-bearing structure on the Mooseland property, 75 miles northeast of Halifax, N.S. has been extended and the potential for extending it even further is still very great. Drilling by Toronto-lis…

As the world’s stock markets continue to suffer the aftershocks of the infamous Black Monday, a number of major brokerage houses have published glossy booklets advising investors to keep on buying. “D…