Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A 20,000 ft diamond drilling progam is slated to start in May by Jonpol Explorations on the Denton Twp., Ont., property of Gowest Gold Resources. The two companies entered into a recent agreement wher…

Starmark Resources has changed its name to Transglobe Resources on a 1-new-for-3-old share basis.

It was an up-and-down week for the mining and minerals index on the Montreal Exchange, although resource issues continued to trade actively. Rouyn Resources of Rouyn, Que., which earlier this month co…

Additional drill results have been released by partners Westfield Minerals, The Coniagas Mines and Anglo Dominion Gold Exploration from their Little River property in Newfoundland. Westfield, which ho…

Earnings news on the first quarter this year announced at the annual meeting was considerably less than a barnburner for Falconbridge Ltd., but the company is looking for better things for the rest of…

An aluminum symposium hosted by Metals Week is scheduled for Oct 19 and 20 in Zurich, Switzerland. Titled “Structural Change: Who Will Benefit?,” the symposium will offer insights on the changing role…

There’s nothing quite like the force of gravity to settle down a market. Proving once again that what goes up always comes down. Vancouver gold stocks tumbled sharply during the week reflecting profit…

A rapidly emerging Canadian mining finance house is how Michael Villeneau of the investment firm of Morgan Grenfell describes Toronto-listed Muscocho Explorations. An established gold and silver produ…

Assay results have just come in from a placer gold property on the lower reaches of McConnell Creek in B.C. Property owner Augdome Corp. has decided to issue 160,000 preference shares (at $1 each) to …

With arrangements made with MVP for $1.5 million flow-through funding, Camreco Inc. plans a major drilling program on its northwestern Ontario properties including its recently acquired Goldlund Mines…

The first gold bar from the Casa Berardi area of northwestern Quebec is scheduled to be poured in August, 1988 — seven years after the original Golden Pond discovery was made by Inco Ltd and more tha…

With $1 million in the treasury from a recent private placement, Esperanza Explorations will be mounting a major exploration and development program this spring at its Tillicum property in northeaster…