Articles by Northern Miner Staff

An option to acquire a 49% interest in the Joubi property at Val d’Or, Que., has been obtained by Oasis Resources and Messeguay Mines from Western Quebec Mines. The agreement, subject to regulatory ap…

A major underground program is scheduled early next year at Abermin Corp.’s Lara property on Vancouver Island. The decline will explore the high grade Coronation zone “prior to final feasibility and a…

Toronto-based Platinova Resources has received some encouraging news from its wollastonite project at Marmora Twp., 100 km northwest of Kingston, Ont. According to Platinova, joint- venture partner Co…

Joutel Resources, a Toronto- based junior exploration company, has started proceedings towards a listing on the Paris Bourse, one of Europe’s leading stock exchanges. Officers of the company are in Pa…

Progress is reported by United Reef Petroleums on four gold projects, three in Ontario, one in Montana. On its Alder Gulch project in Montana’s Virginia City area, the company says 23 trenches have be…

Central Crude of Toronto has released results of preliminary work at the company’s 118-claim Eagle River project in the Mishibishu Lake area, 40 miles southeast of Hemlo, Ont. The claims were optioned…

With panic-selling sweeping world markets this week, investors on the Montreal Exchange could hardly be expected to react differently. Down almost 168 pt (9.5%) on “black Monday” and 99.2 pt (6.2%) th…

Preliminary results from zone D-8 North, D-8 South and D-9 confirm the platinum potential of the Delta project in the Ungava region of northern Quebec, Oasis Resources says. The project, which covers …

Encouraging gold values have been intersected in the first two drill holes of an exploration campaign on the Bargold property in Barraute Twp., 30 miles north of Val d’Or, Que., Northway Explorations …

The mining industry’s heavy emphasis on gold is endangering the continuity of Canada’s base metals sector after the mid-1990s, warns the federal Department of Energy, Mines and Resources. “A projectio…

The Pamour Group of companies — Giant Yellowknife Mines, operator of five mines in Timmins and one in Yellowknife; ERG Resources, operator of a tailings retreatment project in Timmins; and Pamorex In…

Further drill results on Falconbridge Ltd.’s so-far impressive new base and precious metals discovery near Sudbury, Ont., should be available “within three weeks,” according to M. J. Knuckey, vice-pre…