Articles by Northern Miner Staff

An environmental impact study has been filed for Goldenbell Resources’ Pine Tree gold property in California. The study is required before receipt of a mining permit. Present scheduling indicates cons…

Re your editorial Thank Wilson, for small mercies, and related articles June 29: The proposals contained in the White Paper on Tax Reform provide a great challenge to the survival of a stable and heal…

Tashogan Minerals, a private company based in Willowdale, Ont., intends to merge with vse- listed Collins Resources, in part, to help finance work on a promising piece of ground in the Beardmore area …

A record-breaking performance on the Montreal Exchange gave way to less heady trading, with both the market portfolio and mining and minerals index experiencing a downturn during the latter part of th…

Geologist Bernard Gallant, president of Calgary-based Pan East Resources expects to see his company’s exploration project at Fifteen Mile Stream in Halifax Cty., N.S., go to an underground program in …

Exploration work has commenced at Goldbrae Developments’ Tartan Lake property in northern Manitoba. The initial program will include soil sampling, geological mapping, prospecting, hand trenching, and…

Direct assistance to prospectors through British Columbia’s Financial Assistance for Mineral Exploration (fame) program have been doubled this year. Grants up to $5,000 are now available to qualified …

It was reported (N.M., July 20/87) that Platinova Resources is a private mineral exploration company. In fact Platinova, which has a 78% interest in Black Hawk Mining, was listed on the Toronto Stock …

Freewest Resources has acquired an option on claims held by Noranda Exploration in the Harker- Holloway area north of Kirkland Lake, Ont. Freewest has the right to earn a 32% interest in the Noranda c…

VANCOUVER — Being “first in the door” has its advantages, according to the president of Pioneer Metals, Robert D Willis. Nine months ago his company approached British Silbak Premier Mines about part…

A new gold-bearing zone has been discovered by Coxheath Gold Holdings on its Tangier property located 50 mi northeast of Halifax, N.S. President Michael Riddell reports the following assays of drill c…

With three new high grade mines coming onstream by 1989, greater cash flow and clean balance sheet, Minnova Inc. looks like a worthwhile bet to a couple of Toronto brokerage houses. In a report titled…