Firms move to amend agreement
Hudson Bay Exploration and Development and Consolidated Callinan Flin Flon Mines have signed an agreement amending the previous joint venture agreement on their property located approximately one mile…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Hedman double year loss
Despite efforts to increase sales, Hedman Resources more than doubled its losses in 1986. For the year ended July, 31, the company realized a loss of $245,428 or 9 cents per share. This compares with…
EXPLORATION ’87 QUEENSTON
In 1987 Queenston Gold Mines will be concentrating its efforts on suitable arrangements for expanded exploration of its principal Kirkland Lake area gold properties. Regarding the company’s wholly-own…
EXPLORATION ’87 MINGOLD
A new company, Mingold Resources, has been formed to participate in the gold exploration, development and mining business in Canada. Initially the company will be private and owned equally by the Mino…
CROSS CUTS THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA
Cobalt-rich, manganese- oxide crusts, forming a thin layer of mineralization which covers some areas of the ocean floor in shallow water off the west coast of the U.S., have subplanted manganese nodul…
Canhorn options Gem Lake claims
Canhorn Mining Corp. has optioned its Gem Lake property to Mutual Resources. The Gem Lake ground is located in the Rice Lake area of Manitoba. Mutual, which is an affiliate of Teck Corp., has the righ…
EXPLORATION ’87 FALCO. COPPER
Control of Corporation Falconbridge Copper (cfc) changed hands in 1986 with the sale of 50% of its shares by Falconbridge Ltd. to Kerr Addison Mines. Kerr is enthusiastic to see cfc continue to operat…
50 YEARS AGO –MARCH, 1937– DOME’S SCHUMACHER WAS “SWEET BUY”
The first seven months’ work on the Schumacher veteran lot bought by Dome Mines shows the purchase price, plus 100% profit, already in sight. Bought late in May, 1936, this 160-acre lot, adjoining the…
LAW Some Ins and Outs of Royalties
Royalties, which have been a part of Canada’s mining industry since it began, come in all shapes and sizes. Their one common factor is that they require the grantor to pay money to the royalty-holder….
McAdam is an undervalued play
On the lookout for undervalued gold stocks? One that fits the bill is Toronto-listed McAdam Resources. The combination of its property portfolio, competent technical management and strong financial po…
Obituary – Veteran prospector A.E. Lafontaine dies
A veteran prospector who was well known throughout the mining industry within which he worked for 65 years, Amedee Frederick Lafontaine, died at Thunder Bay, Ont., at the age of 87. Born at Compte Lav…
ON THE MOVE Fisher Controls Co.
Joseph Gaetan is the new plant manager of Fisher Controls Co. of Canada’s Woodstock, Ont. facility. He was previously, for four years, the general manager of Fisher’s Edmonton, Alta., service company…