Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Letters to the Editor (October 12, 1987)

Regarding the photo (of the old Bruce Mines, Ontario’s earliest copper producer) in the Sept 28 issue of The Northern Miner. I prospected the Bruce Mines area over 20 years ago and had a few hangovers…


Alberta Stock Exchange Ateba trades heavily

News that Ateba Mines has started milling operations at its Beardmore, Ont. gold properties sparked considerable investor interest in the Toronto based company. On a day when volumes were well down, …


Drilling continues at Normetal bet

Drilling continues at the Normetal property of Normetal Mining Exploration in northwestern Quebec, where results from two holes have been made available. Hole 87-18, over a true width of 22.1 ft, retu…


Minnova plans major drilling

Another 33,000 ft of drilling is planned by Minnova Inc. on its Samatosum property in the Kamloops area of B.C. The program is under way and three drills are being utilized. One of the rigs is drillin…


Petromet, bids to increase Fifteen Mile bet reserves

In a bid to increase reserves at Pan East Resources’ Fifteen Mile Stream property in Nova Scotia, Greenstrike Gold Corp. and Petromet Resources have expanded their evaluation program at the property. …


Editorial Lac will try a final appeal

“It’s just a tremendous victory” boomed an elated Murray Pezim, whose very name is synonymous with Corona and Hemlo, on learning that Ontario’s Court of Appeal had unanimously rejected an appeal by La…


Pezim hails Hemlo trial with swarm of releases

Shortly after it was announced that International Corona Resources had won control of the Page- Williams gold mine at Hemlo, Ont. (see separate story, page 1), a swarm of news releases flew out of 155…


Goldteck offering raises $6,105,000

Gross proceeds from a recently completed public offering of 1.35 million class A units and 2 million class B units were $6,105,000, Goldteck Mines reports. Each class A unit consists of one 1987 depos…


Pamour group heating up gold excitement in Timmins

Miners have been pulling gold ore out of the ground here for more than 75 years. But the excitement of finding new gold orebodies has never been stronger than it is today — thanks largely to the Pamo…


Mining industry backs spirit of free trade deal

While the terms of the new Canada, U.S. Free Trade agreement are still shrouded in generalities, a number of top mining officials were expressing guarded optimism regarding its effect on the industry….


First gold is poured at Black Swan mine

Gold has been poured at Black Swan Gold Mines’ Gabanintha project in Western Australia. The $12-million(A) development is expected to produce about 40,000 oz gold per year, 25% of which will go to Bla…


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