Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A mine production decision on the Tangier gold property, 100 km northeast of Halifax, N.S., could be made by Coxheath Gold Holdings as early as February, 1988. Underground exploration work is well adv…

Micham Exploration has signed an agreement with Mono Gold Mines giving it the right to earn a 51% interest in Mono’s Bannockburn gold property by buying 350,000 Mono shares at 72 cents per share plus…

Breakwater Resources plans to raise $2 million via a private placement of flow-through common shares. The issue will be handled by Canarim Investment Corp. The proceeds of the issue will fund explorat…

A total of 35,000 ft of surface diamond drilling has been completed this year by Newhawk Gold Mines on its Sulphurets project north of Stewart, B.C. The company recently obtained approval to increase …

British Columbia-based Tap Resources has entered a joint venture project at its Golden Chest project with Newmont Exploration, Golden Chest Inc. and Viking Resources. Due to B.C. tax laws which allow …

The Royal Canadian Mint reports a dramatic increase in sales of the Gold Maple Leaf coin following the shakeout of world equity markets in mid-October. During the last two weeks of October, sales of t…

Drilling by Noranda Exploration on a property shared with Destiny Resources has intersected a gold mineralized zone 65 miles east of Timmins, Ont. Known as the Windjammer project, the property covers …

Stronger copper and molybdenum prices were cited as the reason behind improved earnings at Brenda Mines. The company, which operates a large copper-moly mine in British Columbia, realized net earnings…

NovaGold Resources has started drilling the first of two deep holes on its Fifteen Mile Stream property in Halifax Cty., N.S. The first hole is targeted for a depth of 1,600 ft and the second will go …

Tashota-Nipigon Mines has reached five separate agreements with various limited partnerships in order to raise up to $4,175,000 for exploration. In return the company will issue about 1.7 million flow…

Minnova Inc. realized net income of $900,000 or 6 cents per share for the first nine months of 1987. This compares with earnings of 23 cents per share realized in the same period last year. The large…

Three of four holes drilled by Cambior Inc. on the Stadacona-East property at Rouyn-Noranda, Que., have returned gold values, Forbex Mining Resources reports. Forbex and Cambior have signed a joint ex…