Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The bull was a bit grumpy this week as prices slipped following two straight weeks of gains into uncharted territories. Analysts are predicting a correction of about 10% is in the works, but they add …

A unique and rapid sampling- assaying device known as the Mineral Analysis Probe (MAP) is proving a boon to the exploration-development program under way at the Hellens Eplett silver mine at Cobalt. D…

Armistice Resources plans a 3,000-ft diamond drill program this winter on its Sheldon-Larder property adjoining the west boundary of the Kerr Addison mine at Virginiatown, Ont. Armistice says it will …

Audrey Resources has arranged financing totalling $8 million which will be used to fund exploration of the company’s Mobrun property in Quebec. Work will include additional underground evaluation, exp…

Gold and platinum group minerals have been the two commodities to excite both mining company management and stock market followers over the past six months. Unlike some earlier booms, the market enthu…

A preliminary exchange offering prospectus has been filed by Duration Mines with the Toronto Stock Exchange. The offering, for 400,000 common shares, will be made through the TSE on a day to be determ…

It cost $50,000 a bbl — about twice the cost of a barrel from the Beaufort Sea or the Arctic Islands — but Devran Petroleum and Shell Canada have made their first shipment of oil from a unique under…

California Gold Mines says results from the first exploration phase of the Alpine mine area of its Zaca gold project in California, point to the potential for a high grade underground deposit. The com…

Another primary gold mine will be entering production in Manitoba this year. Pioneer Metals Corp has announced plans for an $18.1 million 500-ton-per-day mine at its Puffy Lake property located 45 mil…

MSV Resources was incorrectly reported in last week’s issue as being under the wing of Cogesco Resources. That should have read Somicom Management Inc., not Cogesco. MSV has an option to earn a 49% in…

A number of diversified mining companies have spun off separate gold mining entities in the past two years and the results have tended to be secretive, slow-moving corporate entities. Freeport-McMoRan…

A new northwest-southwest- striking gold-bearing zone has been outlined in the current diamond drilling program on Parquet Resources’ 2,000-acre gold property in Courville Twp., in the Val d’Or area o…