Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Getty Resources has signed an option agreement with Esso Minerals giving Getty the right to earn a 51% interest in Esso’s property north of Timmins, Ont. Located in Tisdale Twp., the claims are immedi…

New reserve figures have been calculated by partners Canamax Resources and Bruneau Mining for the Clavos Porcupine Mines property, northeast of Timmins, Ont. Drill-indicated geological reserves stand …

A final feasibility study should be completed later this year on a placer gold project in northeastern California being optioned by Vancouver-listed Centurion Minerals. In-fill drilling is currently u…

Pamela Phillips’ article on the Ketza River property in the january is incorrect in its reference to the 20% net proceeds interest is held by Ketza River mines Ltd., a subsidiary of Conwest, rather th…

I am writing this letter to point out an error with respect to the caption under the photograph on page 35 of the March, 1987, issue of your magazine (Engineers survey property lines). Contrary to muc…

The Mines Accident Prevention Association of Ontario says 1986 saw the lowest accident frequency rate ever recorded in the history of Ontario’s mining industry. During the year the lost- time injury f…

A Chinese project with a couple of Canadian connections is expected to result in the largest coal mine in the world. The Royal Bank of Canada is one of five co-lead banks in a consortium of 33 banks i…

Teck Corp. manages the small (4,000-oz-per-year) Granville joint venture, in the Yukon’s famous Klondike district on behalf of Balner Enterprises (40%). Operations are seasonal at the placer gold mine…

Mining equipment manufacturers are always on the lookout for areas in which to diversify, and Connellsville Elevator Corp. of Pennsylvania seems to have found a market niche just waiting to be filled….

Albert Fages has been named product manager, filtration products, for Schroeder Brothers Corp., an American manufacturer of diagnostic and filtration products for hydraulic systems.

We read with great interest the March issue of The Northern Miner Magazine dealing with Exploration ’87. We noticed that the picture which was supposed to illustrate the draft article which we submitt…

With the drop in the price of zinc and declining ore grades, Teck has no immediate plans to re-open the Newfoundland Zinc mine although an improvement in price could trigger a production decision. The…