Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Lenora Explorations is preparing to increase gold production from approximately 5,000 oz this year to more than 10,000 oz by 1988. In order to achieve this objective and to position itself for further…

A high sensitivity magnetometer survey has been completed by Kowkash Gold on its 38-claim O’Sullivan Lake gold property north of Geraldton, Ont. The survey confirmed the existence of significant struc…

About 400 workers are affected by the decision of Gaspe Copper Mines to suspend mining operations completely at its Murdochville, Que., mine, the site of two fires in April. Low copper prices are cite…

A production decision for the Tisdale gold project shared equally by Davidson Tisdale Mines and Getty Resources, is expected to be made by October, The Northern Miner was told after the annual meeting…

Canadian companies have actively explored for minerals in the U.S. over the years, but the level of activity today has reached an all-time high. Much of it is taking place in the western part of the U…

An agreement has been signed by Granges Exploration and Hycroft Resources and Development with a syndicate led by Bank Gutzwiller, Kurz, Bungener (Overseas) Ltd. for the sale to the syndicate by Hycro…

Amid all the rhetoric at the Venice economic summit, little concrete support is developing for the battered U.S. dollar. U.S. Treasury Secretary James Baker conceded that the Venetian pow-wow will do …

The shares of Vancouver-based U.S. Precious Metal began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the stock symbol usp effective recently. The original listing is in the mining category for 10,272,1…

To the untrained observer they look more like unfinished parking lots than h low-cost mining operations.t With piles of ore fragments heaped on top of giant leach pads, it seems p Canada’s heap leach …

Toronto based Goldteck Mines Ltd. has filed a preliminary prospectus for an offering of flow- through and common shares to raise approximately $5.4 million for exploration on three properties, includi…

Cogesco Mining Resources calculates its total investment in joint ventures on six exploration properties in northwestern Quebec stands at $28 million, including the $16 million the company invested in…

Underground drilling by partners Teck Corp. and Tundra Gold Mines on property near the closed Lamaque mine at Val d’Or, Que., has intersected several strongly mineralized sections. Hole 13804, drilled…