Articles by Northern Miner Staff

It has been nearly four months since Lac Minerals and International Corona Resources wrapped up their arguments to the Ontario Court of Appeal over the ownership of the Hemlo Page-Williams mine. At th…

D’Or Val Mines, which is scheduled to pour its first gold by month-end from its Beacon mine near Val d’Or, Que., has come up with a spectacular drill hole. Hole 96-13, drilled below the 7th level and …

Borehole Geophysics for Mining and Geotechnical Applications. Proceedings of a symposium held in Toronto Ont., August, 1983, and edited by P. G. Killeen. ISBN-0- 660-1220-6, $20(C). Geological Survey …

Whether you are mining gold or base metals there is simply no substitute for grade. To a large extent that explains the phenomenal success of Blackdome Mining’s gold project, 140 miles north of Vancou…

The Ontario Securities Commission has finally given its stamp of approval to the Thompson Committee’s report of junior mine financing. While most of the report’s recommendations have been given the go…

I am a 20-year suscriber to The Northern Miner. I bought 2,000 shares of Midepsa Industries back in 1967 at $2.20 per share. It came to life about two years ago, then vanished from the Montreal Exchan…

There’s an old axiom in this business that mines are made, not found, especially gold mines. A firm believer is Agnico- Eagle’s Paul Penna. Indeed few companies, large or small, are matching his recen…

There could be some life yet in Teck Corp.’s Lamaque mine property, a portion of which is being explored under a joint venture agreement with Tundra Gold Mines. High grade gold values, in almost all c…

The following is an excerpt from “Free Trade and the Mineral Industry in Canada,” a speech recently delivered by Debra P. Steger, a lawyer currently with McCarthy & McCarthy of Toronto. Security of …

Citadel Gold Mines remains busy with exploration work on four properties near Wawa, Ont. At the former producing Surluga gold mine, Citadel is drifting and performing underground drilling. This work h…

I am interested in finding out more about the copper staking rush of the 1960s and the exploration camp, Coppermine River Ltd. at Hope Lake, near Coppermine, N.W.T. Specifically: the number of claims …

Chevron Minerals will be spending approximately $700,000 this year on B.Y.G. Natural Resources’ Mt. Nansen gold property in the Yukon. The expenditure is almost identical to last year’s budget which w…