Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Based on encouraging exploration results, Falconbridge Ltd. is proposing a second phase of exploration for the Lac Barry project, held under option by Beaufield Resources. Located 140 km northeast of …

Debt reduction will be a key element in Cominco’s 1987 business plan, according to Robert E. Hallbauer, president and chief executive officer. At the annual meeting, he announced plans to “reduce exis…

Alberta-listed Conquest Yellowknife Resources has released results from exploration geophysics and diamond drilling at its Campbell patents, or Smith Lake property in Leeson Twp., in the Renabie area …

Diamond drilling is under way at Terramar Resource’s Reid mine property near Redding, Calif. The purpose of the program is to explore the northern extensions of the Spanish and Evening Star veins on t…

Lacana Mining Corp. has optioned a 48-claim silver-lead-zinc property in New Brunswick’s Millstream River area 20 mi west of Bathurst owned 60% by North American Rare Metals and 40% by Mistango Consol…

The first gold bar has been poured at Mascot Gold Mines’s Nickel Plate mine near Hedley, B.C. The Nickel Plate project was originally forecast to start in July of this year at a cost of $68.7 million….

Job vacancies for engineers, accountants, scientists and other professionals increased 8% during the last three months, but decreased 11% during the last year, according to a Technical Service Council…

Eastmain Resources Inc., which holds interests in a large spread of ground in the East Main River gold area of northern Quebec owned by the “Opinaca Project,” reports that MSV Resources Inc. has now c…

Underground development work and drilling are under way at Skyline Explorations’ Reg property in northwestern, B.C. Two recent holes intersected what is believed to be an extension of the Zephrin zone…

The mineral assets of Asamera Inc. will be placed into a new wholly-owned subsidiary, the company reports. Called Asamera Minerals, the Canadian company is expected to offer up to 15% of its treasury-…

Very promising is the way the initial results are being described from the surface drilling program on Dore Lake in the Chibougamau camp of Quebec by Northgate Exploration. And for very good reason. “…

Perrex Resources is planning a large exploration program in the Harker-Holloway area east of Matheson, Ont. The main thrust of the company’s efforts will be on a 191-claim property in Harker, Thackera…