Articles by Northern Miner Staff

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…

Active trading on the Montreal Exchange led to new highs during the past week before the exchange’s portfolio index slipped back slightly. Mining issues continued to be among the active stocks, with t…

Yesterday the Vancouver market roared as investors stampeded into speculative issues and the index broke yet another record. For the first time ever, it breached the 1,645 level and vse spokesperson H…

With mining and processing operations under way one month ahead of schedule in Montana, Pegasus Gold is projecting cumulative gold production for 1987 of approximately 225,000 oz. Last year the compan…

Canada’s second-largest source of acid rain, the 60-year-old copper smelter of Noranda Inc. in northwestern Quebec, is getting a new sulphuric acid plant. The plant, to help cut back on sulphur dioxid…

Indications are that the Mooseland could be the next gold property in Nova Scotia to warrant an underground exploration program. A third drill is being moved onto the Mooseland property, located 45 mi…

Spot closing prices in Pound Sterling per tonne Date Mar. 24 Mar. 23 Mar. 20 Mar. 19 Mar. 18 Copper 942-944 925-926 922-923 914-915 906.5-907.5 Lead 304.5-305 302-303 305-306…