Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The cream of Canada’s gold producers will be on hand for the 1987 Gold Conference held March 2-3 in New York. Among companies making presentations at the conference will be Dome Mines, Echo Bay Mines,…

Eldorado Nuclear — L. George Bonar elected chairman of the board and chief executive officer.

It may not be the safest investment, but more money is going into the ground this year in Canada than ever before as investors look for a return in the form of new-found mineral wealth. The odds, as a…

Still more encouraging assays have been received from the Howard tunnel under development on Levon Resources’ Congress gold property, near Gold Bridge, B.C., the company says. It reports high grade go…

McChip Resources says it has a letter of agreement with Noranda Exploration which would give McChip the option to earn up to 50% of Noranda’s interest in a group of claims in Stock, German and Maklem …

Hi-Peg Resources has changed its name to Elegance Business Corp. on a share-for-share basis.

Put the blame on Rio for this week’s whopping market slump. Bank shares, hammered all week in reaction to Brazil’s debt repayment problems, pulled the overall market into a nosedive. Not surprising, i…

Always interested in natural resources and one who served with the Ontario government for 56 years in various senior mining posts — including 16 years as Mining Commissioner — J. Forbes McFarland di…

Located some 300 km north of Smithers, B.C., the Toodoggone precious metals area awaits its inevitable development. Over the next couple of years, several development projects may be undertaken in the…

The $15 million Belmoral Mines will spend on exploration in 1987 is about evenly divided between its Val d’Or and Timmins camps. The strategic exploration plan calls for the company to solidify existi…

A $540,000 flow-through share financing has been completed by Sunmist Energy. An additional $600,000 is being negotiated, which if raised, will provide a total of $1.1 million for exploration of the c…

A recent policy decision by the federal government states an intention to reduce R&D spending on mining- related projects. This means mining companies will be forced to finance the lion’s share of any…