Big drill at Casa Berardi
With winter setting in, there is a lot of new drilling getting under way in Quebec’s Casa Berardi area. One of the latest to announce a big program is North American Rare Metals (ME) and its joint ven…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Touring Thompson wins northern support
Prospectors and explorationists in northern Ontario are in general agreement with the recommendations of the Thompson committee report on junior mine financing, Chairman Edward Thompson says. Last mon…
Hedley Heritage Soc. boosts mining image
Formed three years ago, the Hedley Heritage, Arts & Crafts Society h as done a lot to promote the heritage of that small community in south-central B.C. Its history has been closely associated with t…
Rambo intersects 70-ft shear zone, gold values given
Rambo Explorations says it has intersected an altered shear zone inj ected with quartz veins and veinlets and mineralized with pyrite and arsenopyrite over more than 70 ft on its Turgeon property in M…
Steep Rock earnings take slight dip
Earnings dipped slightly in the first nine months of the year for Steep Rock Resources. Net earnings for the nine months ended Sept 30 were $450,853 on revenues of $6.41 million compared to earnings o…
Beaufield awaiting drill assay results
Assays are expected shortly from a 7,000-ft drill program under way on Beaufield Resources gold prospect in Douay Twp., Que. Located east of Joutel, the 111-claim property ties on to the boundary of t…
Macamic to explore Gateford chrome bet
A joint venture agreement has been completed between Gateford Resour ces and Macamic Resources which gives the latter company the right to earn a 50% interest in Gateford’s Reed-Belanger chrome deposi…
Pioneer awaiting feasibility on Puffy Lake gold project
A year ago almost no one in mining circles could tell you very much about Pioneer Metals, then a junior exploration company with a low grade gold and silver prospect in New Mexico. Now, the company is…
Lac appeal decision may drag
The market seems to be saying that Lac Minerals is going to win, to some degree, its appeal of an Ontario Supreme Court ruling awarding the Page-Williams gold mine at Hemlo, Ont., to International Cor…
Mono raises funds
Mono Gold Mines has completed a flow-through share issue of 500,000 shares at 60 cents per share. The private placement will provide $300,000 to the company. The cash will fund additional exploration…
THE EDITORIAL PAGE The winds of flow-through
Amid the recent speculation and fears expressed by many in the ind ustry that flow-through financing may be scrapped or revamped by Finance Minister Michael Wilson in the next federal budget, comes a …
Warrants net Eden Roc $1.5 m
The exercise of 1.2 million warrants of Eden Roc Mineral Corp. has provided $1.5 million to the company’s treasury. The funds will enable the company to continue exploration work on the Asupiri gold p…