Articles by Northern Miner Staff

There has been a management change at International Maggie Mines which has enabled the company to pursue an option agreement with Minnova Inc., formerly Corporation Falconbridge Copper. Millard H. Lut…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 72.50 cents -74.00 cents per lb. (June 11, 1987). ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.18-$1.23 per lb. (May 14, 1987). BISMUTH: New York dealer $3.35-$3.45 per lb. (June 4, 1987). CA…

Two prominent Canadians are scheduled among speakers at the 12th anuual symposium of the Uranium Institute, to be held in London, England, Sept 2-4. They are Marcel Masse, federal minister of energy, …

With a shortage of highly trained mining and metallurgical engineers once again looming in this country, the Canadian Mineral Industry Education Foundation is stepping up its efforts to attract studen…

Cominco Ltd. has an option to acquire a 60% undivided interest in the Tulsequah area property of Silver Talon Mines in northwestern British Columbia. Known as the Banker-Sparling prospects, the proper…

A new gold zone on the Aiguebelle property in northwestern Quebec has been intercepted by Essor Exploration with encouraging results, President Guy Morissette reports. Hole 87-22, between a depth of 6…

A 3-party agreement virtually assures that the Silidor gold deposit within the city limits of Rouyn- Noranda in northwestern Quebec will go into production. Noranda, Cambior and Cogesco Mining Resourc…

Significant base and precious metal values in three recently completed drill holes on property in central Newfoundland have been reported by Noranda Exploration. The Tally Pond-Duck Pond project, loca…

I purchased 5,000 shares of Kanstate Resources in October, 1983, on the Alberta Stock Exchange. I received word in October, 1984, that the shares were to be consolidated, 3-for-1 and the company’s n…

Metallurgical problems that have prevented the development of a gold mine near Revelstoke, B.C., may have found a solution in a recent breakthrough in hydrometallurgy. Pilot plant tests at the U.S. Bu…

Apex Energy Corp. reports it has acquired a 100% interest in a group of nine mineral claims in the Rancheria silver camp in southeastern Yukon Territory. Known as the tbmb property, it lies near the h…

Nahanni Mines has optioned its 86-claim Michaud Twp. gold property to Moneta Porcupine Mines, President J. A. Harquail told shareholders at the Nahanni annual meeting. Moneta paid $50,000 on signing a…