Purity is key
High purity separated rare earths are the key to growth in the rare earths industry, Roskill News reports in a recent bulletin. “With prices up to one thousand times those of mixed rare earth compound…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Blackberry outlines gold-platinum gravels
Blackberry Gold Resources says that drilling and test pitting have indicated 820,000 cu m of gold-platinum- bearing gravels on its property near Princeton, B.C. Values range from $1.27 to $7.22 per m …
$1.1 million targetted on Mets in Toodoggone
An exploration budget in excess of $1.4 million is being evaluated by Golden Rule Resources and Manson Creek Resources for the Toodoggone area of north-central B.C., says Manson Creek President Glen H…
Getty to spend $10m. on 1987 exploration
With some excellent gold properties and a working capital of approximately $8.9 million, Getty Resources should be a key player on the Canadian exploration front this year. The company went public las…
Queries Boston Bay platinum stake is big
I am now receiving my Northern Miner regularly and was sure glad to see that story on platinum. It will be helpful with my research as to investing in that metal. I hold some shares in Boston Bay Mine…
Toronto Stock Exchange Golds lead Bay Street bull to even greater
The Bay Street bull has come down with a walloping case of spring fever and no one’s looking for a cure. The beast barrelled ahead 118.87 pts on the composite 300 this week, with more than half that a…
Abitibi seeking $7 million
An underground exploration program budgeted at $7.1 million, has been proposed for Abitibi Resources, Bevcon-Buffadison property near Val d’Or, Que. Abitibi and affiliate company Mid-Canada Gold & Cop…
Metal Markets Share investment advised
Invest in shares rather than physical gold, platinum or silver, J. B. Were & Son advises in a recent update. “Shares usually provide an income in addition to capital gains in excess of inflation,” the…
new in brief
Renox Creek Resources has changed its name to Equinox Entertainment Corp. on a share-for-share basis.
17 Canadian gold properties ready to go into production
Seventeen Canadian gold mining projects have been given the green light to go into production which, combined, will add almost a million ounces of gold to the country’s annual output. All but five of …
$4.5 million programs in Massive group plan
Massive Resources and associated Master Resources, and Sands Minerals have adjacent claims in the Favourable Lake, Pickle Lake and Pangis-Batchawana areas of Ontario. Recently, Massive acquired an opt…
Eider bulk sampling
A bulk sampling program is under way on Eider Mining Resources’ Lac Rose gold property. Located in Quevillon Twp., Que., the Lac Rose property is being examined by an underground exploration program. …