Articles by Northern Miner Staff

What probably represents one of the least promoted platinum group metal discoveries in the country has yielded some impressive results. Equinox Resources and Technigen Corp. have completed an extensiv…

Westar Mining had a 6-month loss of $3.5 million compared to $3.1 million for the same period in 1986. The company’s second quarter loss of $8.1 million was almost identical to the previous year’s. Ac…

A record breaking seven-month period, has witnessed volumes of 424,819,000 shares changing hands, the Alberta Stock Exchange has reported. That compares a record 369,367,000 shares during the same per…

North American Metals Corp. says it has an agency agreement with Montagu Financing, of London, England, for Montagu to effect a private placement of 1.5 million shares of North American, at $6.75 per …

Quintette Coal dug deeper into the black as it opened its new Shikano pit at a capital cost of $12 million. “This third production area will represent 20% of production output and, more importantl…

The 6th Australian Coal Conference conducted by the Australian Coal Association will take place April 17-21, 1988, in Brisbane. Theme of the conference will be international challenge and response. Am…

The Saskatchewan Geological Society is holding a stock- reduction sale of several of its special publications. Book prices in effect as long as supplies last or until the end of the year (whichever is…

Additional good drilling results have been obtained from the Elder property in northwestern Quebec, west of the old stopes between the 12th (1,625-ft) and 14th (2,020-ft) levels, Aunore Resources repo…

The Nickel Plate mine of Mascot Gold Mines here is among the largest open pit gold mining operations in North America and is producing the yellow metal for the third time since 1902. At the official o…

Results from the first phase of drilling on an epithermal gold property, held by vse-listed Emerald Isle Resources, near the U.S.-Mexico border indicate the existence of two distinct gold-bearing zone…

A joint-venture agreement has been signed by Greenstone Resources and Syngold Exploration giving Syngold the right to earn a 50% interest in two of the former’s Chibougamau, Que., properties. Under th…

From Sept 27 to Oct 1, mine- finders around the world will gather at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to attend the third decennial international conference on geophysical and geochemical explorati…