Articles by Northern Miner Staff

J. Larocque Drill Supplies of Laval, Que., is distributing two diamond drills which are new to the Canadian market. The two drills, called onram and toram, are manufactured in Sweden by Hagby Bruk ab….

Sullair Corp. of Michigan City, Mich., has introduced two new portable rotary screw air-compressors. Called the 175Q and 185Q, the two new units deliver 175 cu ft and 185 cu ft of air per min. They fe…

Following completion of a geophysical program on a Mazarin Twp., Que., property owned by O’Leary-Malartic Mines, the company allowed its claims to lapse, O’Leary-Malartic says in its report to shareho…

Despite a drop in international oil prices which reduced the company’s revenues from $589,745 or 20 cents per share in 1985, to $215,598 or 7 cents per share during fiscal 1986, McChip Resources plan…

Production this year from the three open pit gold mines in Nevada operated by Rayrock Yellowknife Resources could decline slightly from last year, President David Crombie said following the annual mee…

An agreement to explore and purchase a mining concession 8 sq km in size in the Juntas area of Costa Rica has been entered into by Nor-Quest Resources. Under the direction of Tim Coates, the company’s…

Copper Cliff Door Manufacturing, which provides the mining sector wit h custom-designed door systems, has changed its name to M & I Door Systems. The company has also moved to a larger quarters in Bar…

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…