Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Mrs R. M. Ginn is the new president of The Women’s Association of the Mining Industry of Canada, for the 1987-1988 year. Mrs R. G. Freed becomes immediate past-president. Among other officers elected …

Perhaps the high cost of staying in Sweden — a single room in a fairly good hotel costs $130 per night and a cup of coffee at least $2 — kept potential delegates away from the 13th World Mining Cong…

Buoyed by the discovery of a high grade gold bearing deposit north of its promising Stock Twp. property near Timmins, Ont., St Andrew Goldfields Ltd. says it is close to a production decision on the p…

Noranda Exploration is expected to start a follow-up exploration program shortly on claims held by Andaurex Resources. The ground is located near Silverton, B.C. Noranda is expected to investigate a b…

Drilling is to begin mid-June at the Frond Lake gold prospect, located 60 mi east of Pickle Lake and 250 mi north of Thunder Bay in northern Ontario, Ayrex Resources Chairman David Walsh reports. Ayre…

Results from Emerald Lake Resources’ Golden Rose gold property in northern Ontario continue to exceed expectations, the company reports. The property, located northwest of North Bay, Ont., could be in…

Card Lake Resources continued its upward climb to a high of $2.50. The company is busy with an exploration project on ground in the Harker-Holloway area north of Kirkland Lake, Ont. Winteroad Resource…

About mid-June, Camreco Inc. says it plans to get into top gear on a major drilling program on its gold properties near Dryden, Ont. Earlier this year, Camreco arranged with MVP Exploration (1987) and…

Exploration companies have been known to succumb to the “herd instinct,”which probably explains their almost total obsession with gold. But the successor to Corporation Falconbridge Copper, Minnova In…

A marked improvement in operating cash flow is expected by Queenstake Resources this year because of two new acquisitions and a higher gold price. At the annual meeting, Gordon Gutrath, president, als…

Culminating six years of exploration and development work, Stan West Mining Corp. has now raised $12.1 million(US) in new financing to bring its McCabe gold-silver mine in Arizona into production. At …

A contract has been awarded to Orocan Inc. of North Vancouver for mill construction at Skyline Explorations’ Reg property north of Stewart, B.C. Initial mill capacity will be 200 tons per day, expanda…