Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Vancouver-listed Skeena Resources and Tenore Oil & Gas have entered into a project engagement agreement with Noranda Exploration regarding the 62,000-acre Maggie Creek gold prospect near Eureka, Nev. …

The Toronto Geological Discussion Group will be host at a seminar entitled The Canadian Cordillera: its geology, its gold deposits, and its relevance to exploration geologists in Toronto. Scheduled fo…

Noranda Exploration says recent drill results on the Waite Beauchastel property continue to provide excellent potential for expanding ore reserves. Surface drilling has successfully traced the Silidor…

Campbell Barrett, a mechanical engineer who worked both in mining and in government and was a pioneer in enforcing mechanical safety standards in the mines of Ontario, has died, in Toronto, at age 76….

A $415,000 winter exploration program is planned on Dasher Resources’ Casa Berardi claims in Montgolfier Twp., Que. The program is to be funded 70% by Dasher and 30% by American Barrick Resources whic…

The Canadian mineral processors division of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, (CIM), will hold an operators conference in Ottawa, Jan 20-22. The conference is being sponsored by the Can…

Canadian Occidental Petroleum – Jerry R. Wright appointed executive vice-president and chief operating officer.

Golden Briar Mines has filed a prospectus for $1,350,000 with the Quebec Securities Commission with funds to be spent on the company’s Casa Berardi properties, where two drills are currently working. …

A small $145,000 flow-through share financing completed by Sunburst Exploration enabled the company to start a 4,400-ft drill program on its Osnaburg and Dona claim blocks near Pickle Lake, Ont. Assay…

Canadians, notorious for their ultra-conservative investment addic tion, appear to be shedding their Canada Savings Bond fixation and moving into the big, bold world of share ownership, i.e. the stock…

A successful drill program for gold zone extensions on its Cape Ray project on the south coast of Newfoundland has been completed by Dolphin Explorations. The two most significant intersections in the…

Three new appointments to deal with the increasing volume of claims and claims inspection work in the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area of Ontario, have been made by the province’s Ministry of Northern Devel…