Articles by Northern Miner Staff

After receiving some encouraging exploration results earlier this year, Noble Peak Resources is introducing an expanded drilling program at its Happy Lake project southwest of Rankin Inlet, N.W.T. As …

Following an option agreement with Homestake Mining, of Vancouver, Wharf Resources has purchased Homestake’s 50% interest in 19 claims in South Dakota. Under the agreement, Wharf receives 28 patented …

Directors of Sullivan Mines have come out against a takeover bid by Ste. Genevieve Resources and are proposing a merger with Cambior Inc., which currently has a 31% stake in Sullivan and has expressed…

Junior mining companies wishing to estimate the preproduction capital costs of a small underground exploration project can do so themselves with the help of a new publication prepared by the experienc…

Ateba Resources has commenced a program of overburden drilling on a 52-claim property straddling the Munro and McCool twp. boundary, 100 km east of Timmins. This ground is held under option from Arkro…

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…