Articles by Northern Miner Staff

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. …

“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…

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…

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…

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…

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….

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…

Northfield Capital Corp. of Toronto and a private company called Canadian Ore Mining are about to take a $50-million gamble which they assume is a safe bet. In signing a letter of intent to earn a 50%…

A new flow-through financing worth $4 million has been arranged by Wrightbar Mines, with Imex 1987 Ltd. Partnership, for exploration work on the company’s Bourlamaque property in northwestern Quebec. …

Encouraging results have been reported by Explorations Minieres du Nord from its Isle-Dieu gold property in the Matagami Lake area of northwestern Quebec. Among the better assays was hole 837W-1, whic…

With two advanced-stage gold properties now under option, Panorama Petroleums is moving quickly to evaluate its production potential. Reflecting its new emphasis on mining, the company also plans a na…

During a week when a number of prominent gold issues were rocked by a sudden drop in the price of gold bullion (from $460(US) to $454.90), a prominent investment publication had some more bad news. In…