Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The latest quarterly earnings for Teck Corp. included revenues from the David Bell mine at Hemlo which produced 23,100 oz gold during the period. Teck reported net earnings of $6.5 million or 12 cents…

A $600,000 drill program has been started by Duration Mines on its Casa Berardi area property. The drill program will concentrate on the gold-bearing porphyry shea r system which intersected visible …

ST. JOE GOLD CORP. – John A. Wright elected chairman succeeding Peter J. Neff who has resigned.

Sumac Ventures has completed a $350,000 exploration program at its Union mine property, 45 miles north of Grand Forks, B.C. The work involved extensive underground sub-level drifting and raising which…

Glamis Gold has picked up a heap leach property in Nevada which was previously thought to be uneconomic because of high cyanide consumption. The property covers approximately 24 square miles and is ne…

The economics of mining mineral-rich nodules on the ocean floor has been debated for years. And it’s almost a certainty this practice would not be feasible at today’s metal prices. But how about refin…

William Frederick Christensen has filed a notice of intention to distribute 150,000 shares of Lytton Minerals through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange on or after Feb 17. The shares to be …

Results of a diamond drilling program on the Lone Star gold property near Dawson, Yukon Territory, have been announced by Dawson Eldorado Mines. The program, operated by Arbor Resources, was conducted…

The board of directors of Durham Resources has agreed to acquire approximately an additional 30% voting interest in Oakwood Petroleums for the issuance of 8,310,676 Durham shares. This will increase D…

A 22-hole diamond drill program totalling 6,750 ft has been completed on the Golden Grove flake graphite deposit located northeast of Saint John, N.B., by Vancouver- listed Glenvet Resources. The dril…

With revenues totalling some $63.7 million, Equity Silver Mines managed to post a modest profit of $22,000 last year, compared to $230,000 in 1985. Fourth-quarter earnings of $605,000 offset losses in…

One only has to look at the numbers to see that this past January was a hair-curling month on the Toronto Stock Exchange. With 603.1 million shares trading hands that month, a new all- time record was…