Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Drilling is scheduled to begin within the month on Lord River Gold Mines’ Pellaire property 120 miles north of Vancouver. Cons. Silver Standard Mines is the company’s largest shareholder with a 41% in…

Entering into an agreement, subject to regulatory approval, for the joint exploration and development of the Beaufor property in Pascalis Twp. in northwestern Quebec are Perron Gold Mines and D’Or Val…

Gunnar Gold and Mill City Gold have entered into a lease agreement with Horizon Gold Shares of Evergreen, Colo., to evaluate the Ute Creek property near Idaho Springs, Colo. The lease calls for minimu…

If shareholders of CME Capital Inc. approve the transaction at a special meeting to be called shortly, this company will take over control of Pine Bell Mines. The proposal is to acquire l,950,000 shar…

A recent share issue raised $340,000 for Mid-North Resources of Calgary. The company sold 500,000 common shares at 68 cents per share, with the accompanying 250,000 warrants being exercisable at 75 c…

Geologist Michael Riddell says his tse-listed company, Coxheath Gold Holdings of Halifax, is going to tread very softly exploring a gold property in Nova Scotia, near the town of Bridgewater. Located …

Geologist William Young is confident his company, Northumberland Mines will give New Brunswick its first, albeit small, full- fledged precious metals mine within a year. The provincial government has …

Its Kingston mill having been commissioned in March, Vancouver-based Nevada Goldfields shipped about 1,100 oz gold during that month, the company reports. Nevada Goldfield’s new mill is a 500-ton-per-…

How is mining tax (in particular, processing allowances) determined in the province of Ontario? Also, I have heard that the Ontario mining tax rate has recently been lowered by the provincial governme…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) July 76.20 73.70 76.15 + 3.80 Sept….

All of Queenstake Resources’ gold mining properties are “meeting their 1987 production and operating cost projections,” says Gordon C. Gutrath, president. Approximately 780 oz of June gold production …

A private placement has been completed between International Curator Resources and Granges Exploration whereby Granges has purchased 1.3 million units at $1 per unit, each unit comprising one common s…