Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Toronto-based Davis Controls has appointed several new distributors w ho will handle its lines of instrumentation and control equipment in British Columbia. From its technical centre in Edmonton, Alta…

The production of copper concentrate at the Allenby plant of Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Co. was resumed last week after several years of idleness. The first ore train started from …

A new gold find has been made by Flavrian Lake Gold Mines in Duprat township, Que., The Northern Miner is informed. First character samples of well mineralized rhyolite assayed $7.35 and $11.55 per to…

The program of surface exploration started about a month ago at the Rouyn, Que., property of New Ribago Mines has resulted in the discovery of several quartz veins which are now being opened up. Repri…

Fifty-two survey and exploratory parties will be placed in the field this year by the Mines and Geology Branch of the Department of Mines and Resources, Ottawa. Fifty-one of these will be engaged in g…

It took a while but common sense may have finally prevailed at Carolin Mines where its credibility reached an all-time low after it announced spectacular gold and platinum assays (N.M., Feb 2/87) from…

The Selbaie mine near Joutel, Que., has just finished installing a computer system that controls the entire milling process. James Lauder, an engineer in charge of the project, told members of the Can…

Exploration work will continue this year on Syngold Explorations’ gold projects, in particular on the Deka and Owl Creek West properties, and the company is in the market to purchase additional proper…

Continuing its winning ways this week was Jascan Resources, up $1.20 to $4 on 383,600 shares. It’s negotiating an agreement to become a joint venture partner with an affiliate of United States Borax &…

Earnings in the first quarter this year of 20 cents a share, before taxes and exploration expenses, compared with 11 cents a share for the 1986 first quarter, are reported by Rayrock Yellowknife Reso…

A, 2,000-ft drift being driven by Jascan Resources, is expected to be completed within three months, the company tells The Northern Miner. The underground work has progressed more than 400 ft on the c…

The Leoben Mining Conference 1987 is scheduled to take place Sept 22-26 in Leoben and Graz, Austria. The conference, organized every 25 years, took place in Leoben in 1962 and 1937, and in Vienna in 1…