Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Being in the right place at the right time is the aim of every mineral exploration company with a view to earning a handsome return on its investment dollars. But for a consortium of Canadian companie…

Diamond sales during the first six months of 1987 were 28% above sales for the same period last year, the Central Selling Organization of De Beers Consolidated Mines reports. Sales of rough stones tot…

The first phase of a drilling campaign undertaken by Essor Exploration on the Aiguebelle property in northwestern Quebec has detected a gold-bearing structure, President Guy Morissette reports. Essor …

Some encouraging results have been received from Toronto-based Jascan Resources’ underground exploration program at its 70%- owned Pansilver joint venture project in Cobalt, Ont. According to Presiden…

Evidently believing he sees the writing on the wall, federal Liberal leader John Turner calls on the Canadian government under Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to quit the free trade talks with the U.S.,…

Base metal prices will on average be some 25% higher next year than in 1986, boosting mining industry profits substantially in North America, the latest Metals Analysis and Outlook publication from Lo…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 72.50 cents -74.00 cents per lb. (July 1, 1987). ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.15-$1.20 per lb. (June 25, 1987). BISMUTH: New York dealer $3.25-$3.40 per lb. (June 25, 1987). C…

An agreement under which it would acquire a 62.5% controlling interest in Hidden Lake Gold Mines has been reported by Ardic Exploration and Development, a private company based in New York. Ardic hold…

A deal has been struck among Ste. Genevieve Resources, Stratmin Inc. and 2438-8456 Quebec Inc. whereby Ste. Genevieve and Stratmin have acquired the numbered company’s option on the Courville gold pro…

The American Mining Congress says the most complete mining show ever held in the U.S., will be staged April 24-28 next year, at Chicago’s McCormick Place. For the first time, MINExpo International ’88…

While requiring what seems like an inordinately long time to obtain all necessary regulatory approvals for the public financing of La Fosse Platinum Group Inc., expectations are that the final approva…

Several upbeat trends conspired to once again give an impressive lift to trading on the Montreal Exchange, including rising commodity prices, especially in base metals, signals of rising profit pictur…