Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Toronto-based NSR Resources has obtained regulatory and shareholder approval to finance about half of a $4.4-million exploration program at the Rand Malartic property in Quebec. The balance of the fun…

There’s been a lot of potential buyer interest since it was reported that Falconbridge Ltd. was considering selling off its Owl Creek and Hoyle Pond gold mines at Timmins, Ont., according to Falconbri…

As anticipated, Northair Mines successfully defended a hostile takeover bid by Nanaimo-based Nor-Quest Resources. At the annual meeting a relieved Northair President Donald A. McLeod announced almost …

Construction of a 14-km all- weather commuter road, linking two new mine sites in the Goudreau-Lochalsh area near Wawa, Ont., is scheduled to begin later this year. While construction rests on the res…

Noranda Exploration continues to be active in the Atlantic provinces. On its Tally Pond-Duck Pond project in central Newfoundland the company has intersected significant precious and base metal values…

Turning a supertanker around in a narrow channel is tricky business. Sometimes you have to come to a full halt to change direction, an analogy that probably applied to Cominco before it was taken over…

A market rally pushed the tse to record levels for the second week in a row, with metals and other resource issues counting for their fair share of the trading activity. The tse composite 300 index, w…

Cominco Resources International says it has increased potential copper-cobalt reserves at its Sheep Creek project in Montana. The property falls under a joint venture agreement with BHP-Utah Minerals …

An underground development program is under way at Esperanza Explorations’ Tillicum gold property in the Nelson area of B.C. By the first w eek in July, the 2,112 level had advanced another 220 ft and…

Langis Silver Cobalt was one of the week’s best performers. It was up 30 cents to close at $1.40. Although no formal decision has been made, a 1,200-ft shaft is planned to develop one of the company’…

July 14 July 13 July 10 July 9 July 8 ** Gold London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz. 447.00(447.15) 446.50(443.70) 444.75(444.25) 444.10(445.30) 446.40(442.15) Gold Bank of Nova Scot…

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…