Belmoral workers return to job
Workers at the Belmoral Mines mill and mine at Val d’Or, Que., have agreed to a new two-year monetary package after shutting down operations for a couple of days with a work stoppage. The 265 workers,…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
New gold mines set to produce
Thirteen new gold mines that are expected to start up this year in the United States will add more than a half-million ounces of production capacity to that country’s annual gold production, the Metal…
Sunrise gold property optioned to Noranda (head)
Sunrise Metals Corp. (vse) has optioned its Mayfair gold property in the Atikokan-Fort Frances area of northwestern Ontario to Noranda Exploration Co. Under the terms of the agreement, Noranda can ear…
COMMODITY FUTURES PRICES N.Y. Mercantile Exchange
Week’s High Low Close Change PLATINUM (in US$ per oz.) May 614.00 614.00 614.90 — 2.30 July 627.00 615.00 619.90 — 3.30 Oct. 633.00 622.00 …
Obituary J.S. Thomson
J. S. (Jim) Thomson, a mining engineer who was active in British Columbia’s Bralorne gold camp as well as in Newfoundland, the Yukon Territory and the Hemlo, Ont., gold camp, died recently at Tsawwass…
Throughput climbs for Rhyolite Res.
A small gravity concentrator is operating at Rhyolite Resources’ Texada Island gold property northwest of Vancouver. President John Bissett says that throughput has increased gradually and now average…
Mets project calls for $1.1 m.
A $1.1 million exploration program is scheduled this summer on the Mets project of Manson Creek Resources and Golden Rule Resources in the Toodoggone area 160 miles north of Smithers, B.C. Their 1986 …
Bogosu program well under way says Sikaman
The field program, on the Bogosu property, by Canadian Bogosu Resources, a Ghanain company jointly owned by Sikaman Gold Resources, and Denison Mines, is well under way, reports A. T. Griffis, Sikaman…
Massive seeking major financing
This could be a pivotal year for Vancouver-listed Massive Resources. The company plans to file for a listing on the tse this month and financing, totalling $8.4 million, for the balance of the year sh…
Nuclear meetings
The 27th annual conference of the Canadian Nuclear Association (cna) will take place June 14-17, with the 8th annual conference of the Canadian Nuclear Society (cns) scheduled for June 16-17, both gat…
Golden North
Diamond drill programs on the Nickel Plate Mountain properties of Golden North Resources Corp., near Hedley, B.C., are returning encouraging gold assays. The programs are under the direction of Mascot…
Muscocho reports a loss in 1986
With record exploration expenditures in 1986, Muscocho Explorations has reported a loss for the year, after non-cash items consisting of depreciation, amortization and preferred share dividends, of $4…