Articles by Northern Miner Staff

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…

A high grade gold zone has been encountered by Goldpost Resources in the crosscut which has been driven through the Gibson west zone in the Hislop west property in northeastern Ontario. Both walls of …

The interior of a large cathedral in this thriving Mexican town boasts silver- covered arches reminiscent of an earlier and even more prosperous age. In terms of recorded silver production, the area r…

A drilling program is slated for May by Interquest Resources Corp. at its Drumlummon mine property located in Marysville, Mon. At the turn of the century the Drumlummon mine was the largest gold produ…

Joining forces to offer a national Mining Industry Communications Workshop June 2-4 at the new Westin Hotel in Denver are the American Mining Congress and the National Coal Association. Half-day train…

A call for papers is being issued for the seventh international conference on ground control in mining, to be held Aug 3-5, 1988, at Morgantown, West Virginia. Papers are invited in the field of groun…

There were no questions from the floor at the annual meeting of silver producer United Keno Hill Mines, probably reflecting the fact that shareholders generally liked what they heard from President J….

Southlands Mining plans to spend at least $1 million this year on Eureka Resources’ Frasergold project, 62 miles east of Williams Lake, B.C. The program will be partly financed by a flow-through share…

The next eight years (to 1995) should be a time of consolidation and opportunity for the copper industry, says the chairman of the board and president of Phelps Dodge in the United States. “Although w…

An agreement worth $2.5 million has been signed by Exploration Miniere Ligneris for its 1987 exploration program with Oberon, President Benoit Violette announced at the company’s recent annual meeting…

One of the biggest winners on the Coats system this week was Chance Mining & Exploration, which closed at 90 cents after hitting $1. The company says Falconbridge has optioned another of its properti…