Articles by Northern Miner Staff

I have read with interest your article in the Dec 15 issue of The Northern Miner (“Merrithew urges support of flow- through program”) and I am pleased to see that you have taken my message to the wid…

A 3-year collective agreement has been signed between Lac Minerals and the United Steelworkers of America local 9019, which represents hourly employees at the Doyon gold mine, in Quebec. Owned equally…

A 12,000-ft diamond drilling program is meeting with encouragement at the Bootleg Lake property held by Vista Mines. Located 5 km south of Flin Flon, on the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border, the Bootleg p…

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…