Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The mood at this year’s convention of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada will likely swing somewhere between exhilaration and apprehension. Among the 3,000 or so delegates expected…

With a working capital of $4.3 million, Brohm Resources says it is in an excellent financial position to develop its Gilt Edge project in South Dakota. The company recently completed a private placeme…

With the resounding success of the Lupin gold mine which produced nearly 194,000 oz of gold last year at its site just 56 miles south of the Arctic Circle, many junior companies are following the exam…

Moneta Porcupine Mines has acquired a 15-claim property in Blondeau Twp., near Belleterre, Que. The claims include a deposit which was explored by Kelly Lake Nickel Mines years ago. More than 62,000 f…

A new gold zone discovery was recently announced by Snow Lake Mines on its Birch zone property located two miles from Snow Lake, Man. The new zone is approximately 4,000 ft north-northwest of the comp…

A net income of $l,896,478 (54 cents per share) was reported by Malartic Hygrade for 1986 compared with $1,892,747 (54 cents per share) for a year earlier. Cash flow from operations in 1986 was highe…

A 14-hole diamond drilling program will be carried out this year on the formerly-producing gold property of Consolidated Thompson-Lundmark Gold Mines at Thompson Lake, N.W.T. The work will be done by …

Not too long ago in this space, we noted the primitive methods of mining gold in a huge open pit in Brazil — where literally thousands of people swarmed in and out of the pit carrying sacks full of o…

Junior gold issues bounced back with strengthening gold prices. One of the best gainers continued to be Monte Carlo Resources which added another 85 cents to $2.80 — that’s up $1.80 in three weeks. …

Industrial minerals, say Dr Richard Potter, in charge of mineral resources promotion in the province’s department of mines and energy, and John Fowler, senior industrial minerals geologist with the de…

There’s no denying that Vestgron Mines has had its share of ups and downs over the past year, but now that this Toronto-listed company has been acquired by a private Halifax-based investment company, …

Mining is a great Canadian success story and is, to a significant extent, responsible for the high standard of living enjoyed by Canadians. It hardly behooves me to tell experts in the mining industry…