Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Encouraging gold values have been received by partners Noranda Inc., Stan West Mining Corp. and Canacord Resources from their DeSantis mine property, southwest of Timmins, Ont. A first-phase $1.5-mill…

Although budgets for some programs are still in the discussion stage, the 1987 planning for companies lying within the Muscocho Explorations umbrella calls for exploration outlays totalling about $33 …

About $15 million will be spent by Cambior Inc. this year, exploring for mineable gold deposits in northwestern Quebec and an additional $13 million has been committed by the company’s various joint v…

Exploration expenditures for 1987 are budgeted at $11.5 million as Canamax’s share on five key gold projects and grassroots exploration projects in three provinces and both territories. In central Can…

The cream of Canada’s gold producers will be on hand for the 1987 Gold Conference held March 2-3 in New York. Among companies making presentations at the conference will be Dome Mines, Echo Bay Mines,…

Eldorado Nuclear — L. George Bonar elected chairman of the board and chief executive officer.

It may not be the safest investment, but more money is going into the ground this year in Canada than ever before as investors look for a return in the form of new-found mineral wealth. The odds, as a…

Still more encouraging assays have been received from the Howard tunnel under development on Levon Resources’ Congress gold property, near Gold Bridge, B.C., the company says. It reports high grade go…

McChip Resources says it has a letter of agreement with Noranda Exploration which would give McChip the option to earn up to 50% of Noranda’s interest in a group of claims in Stock, German and Maklem …

Hi-Peg Resources has changed its name to Elegance Business Corp. on a share-for-share basis.

Put the blame on Rio for this week’s whopping market slump. Bank shares, hammered all week in reaction to Brazil’s debt repayment problems, pulled the overall market into a nosedive. Not surprising, i…

Always interested in natural resources and one who served with the Ontario government for 56 years in various senior mining posts — including 16 years as Mining Commissioner — J. Forbes McFarland di…