Metals Report Perilous predictions for 1987
Every year at about this time senior officials at mining companies across the country summon underlings to their executive suites for private consultations. What is the subject of the high level huddl…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Editorial Halting insider trades not fully possible
In light of the Ivan Boesky insider trading scandal in the United States which rocked stock markets, the Ontario government — a leader in regulating Canadian securities — is going to tighten up its …
Noranda workers reject latest offer
The latest offer by Noranda Minerals’ Horne Division in Noranda, Que., to striking workers has been rejected. Members of the CNTU voted 71.5% in favor of rejecting the company’s final offer for a new …
Mine Expansion funded by cash flow, Milner says
Positive cash flow from mining operations at the San Andres open pit in Honduras is funding mine expansion, partners Milner Consolidated Silver Mines and Madeleine Mines say. Both companies hold a 25….
Letters to the Editor Lac challenges appeal report.
On Nov 24, in an article published about Lac’s appeal, one of your reporters, Jim Borland, included in his report a reference to a Buffalo-based criminologist taking notes about judges hearing the cas…
News in Brief (December 22, 1986)
A prefeasibility study is under way on the Golden Harker property held by Lenora Explorations. Located near Kirkland Lake, Ont., the property is being considered for underground exploration, Lenora sa…
Terramar progresses on California mine
Terramar Resource Corp. confirms that dewatering of its Reid mine in California is well advanced. The program commenced in mid-July and included exploration work for vertical and lateral extensions of…
Work under way on Troymin bets
Field work is under way at several of Troymin Resources’ properties, including its Babine Lake Silver prospect in B.C., its gold prospect at Tabor Lake near Dryden, Ont. and at a newly optioned gold b…
Quebec flow-through cut causes mixed reactions
The Quebec government has announced it will be reducing the deduction for investments in mineral exploration through flow- through shares. So far the move to reduce the current 166.6% deduction for in…
People (December 22, 1986)
INCO LTD – Hon. John Black Aird elected a director.
Sonora, Pathfinder project After two years of delay, Jamestown to
Milling of ore at a rate of 6,000 tons per day from the Harvard open pit is scheduled to begin this week at Sonora Gold Corp’s Jamestown gold mine in California. For the management of Sonora, the anno…
Aunore drills Elder
Additional surface diamond drilling is being performed by Aunore Resources and partner Nova Beaucage Mines on their joint ventured Elder mine property near Rouyn, Que. The work is designed to test f…