Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The Amerindians who arrived in this country centuries ago called it Guyana — “Land of Many Waters.” Guyana has also been known as El Dorado, the site of the mythical City Of Gold. In recent years the…

Ontex Resources has reached an agreement with Cherbourg Gold Mines to acquire its 10% net profits interest in 15 mining leases in Irwin Twp., Ont., which abut the Brookbank property on the west. The t…

First General Mine Management and Gold Corp. of Toronto, has signed a flow-through agreement to earn up to $150,000 for exploration at its Missinabie area gold properties near Wawa, Ont. Under the agr…

M.A. Hanna Co. — M. Jan van Veelen appointed director of European iron ore sales; Edward G. Jaicks named manager North American iron ore sales.

Mining observers here say a $55-million economic development program announced July 13 doesn’t do much for the industry. Michel Cote, minister of regional industrial expansion, and James Kelleher, fed…

Two diamond drills are being moved to Tundra Gold Mines’ platinum- palladium prospect on the Labrador Trough (Permit area No 737) and should be operating before month-end, the company advises. What it…

Pressing labor problems in South Africa, which in 1986 produced half of the gold in the non- communist world, may soon have a profound effect on the price of the precious metal. The National Union of …

Politicians and academics have long played lip service to something they call “technology transfer” — making sure the discoveries that are made in our research institutions are introduced to our mine…

The 7th international conference on Ground Control in Mining is scheduled for Aug 3-5, 1988, at Morgantown, West Virginia. Papers to be presented at the conference are being invited in the field of gr…

Women still make up less than one per cent of the workforce in the Nova Scotia mining industry, although they are slowly becoming more involved, Cape Breton Development Corp. coal geologist Heather Ma…

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…