Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Nor-Con Exploration was the volume leader over the report period with a turnover of 1,502,200 shares for a 4 cents gain to 11 cents . The company has a wollastonite property in California, and intere…

An industrial mineral producer, Ekaton Energy, outshone the gold issues by surging 50 cents to $1.65. The company, which operates a kaolin property near Wood Mountain, Sask., is also testing the prop…

I would appreciate any information on Nordore Mining. Is the company associated with Nor-Quest Resources? M. R. Saskatoon, Sask. We spoke with Nor-Quest Resources secretary treasurer, Don Burchill, wh…

Nortek Minerals, a subsidiary of Nortek Energy, has acquired interests in several mineral projects. These include a property near Kirkland Lake, Ont., and a placer gold play in Ecuador, South America….

The following guest editorial was written by Patrick Reid, executi ve director of the Ontario Mining Association, and concerns a bill to amend Ontario’s Mining Tax Act. Just days ago, the Ontario legi…

Four Seasons Resources has negotiated a $100,000 flow-through share financing which will be used to fund exploration at its Nova Scotia gold property. The company has ground adjacent to and on strike …

CanAmerica Precious Metals says it has an option-joint venture agreement with Golden Rule Resources under which CanAmerica can acquire a 50% interest in Golden Rule’s Eldorado Mountain property in sou…

In what seems to have become a tradition, Northgate Exploration has ended the year by setting yet another record for gold production. Output from the company’s two Chibougamau, Que., gold-copper mines…

Breakwater Resources has agreed to sell 1.2 million of its shares to Loewen Ondaatje McCutcheon and Company of Vancouver to raise $7.92 million. These funds will be used to pay Cannon mine capital cos…

With assay results in for 35 holes and an additional 45 holes still to be drilled and/or assayed on its Cape Spencer gold mine northeast of Saint John, N.B., Gordex Minerals, Canada’s first heap leach…

The first phase of exploration at the Reid Mine project near Redding, Calif., has been completed by Terramar Resource Corp. The underground workings at this former producing gold mine have been dewate…

Dome Mines has completed a 21,444-ft diamond drilling program on a claim group held by Melrose Resources in Blackstock Twp., Ont. Located 30 miles southeast of Timmins, the claims cover ground on whic…