Articles by Northern Miner Staff

With a 76% boost in profit, Edmonton-based Echo Bay Mines has emerged from the nine months ended Sept 30 with net earnings of $21.9 million on revenues of $109.2 million. This compares to net earnings…

The news just keeps getting better from Westmin Resources’ British Silbak property near Stewart, one of only a few exploration programs currently under way in B.C. Westmin Resources’ British Silbak pr…

Wednesday close, Dec 10 Syngold Exploration, criticized here a month ago for spending flow- through money indiscriminately, has proved the value of the tax- incentive scheme with some drill results th…

Pamour is a fun place to work because ideas aren’t squelched.– Robert McBean, superintendent of technical services. Pamour Inc. has always been something of an oddball on the Canadian gold mining sce…

Net income jumped to $1.3 million or 40 cents per share for Mentor Exploration and Development for the nine months ended Sept 30, a substantial increase from $404,226 or 12 cents per share in the yea…

Two excellent gold showings have been found on Fairfield Minerals’ Elk property, not far from Noranda’s Brenda Mines property at Peachland, B.C. According to Fairfield, they occur in a stockwork setti…

Drilling on the Brandy and Lake zones has boosted reserves at Total Erickson Resources’ Mount Skukum gold property south of Whitehorse, Yukon. The drilling blocked out an additional 104,610 tons of pr…

Agassiz Resources reports net earnings of $91,152 for the 3-month period ended Sept 30 on revenue of $3,555,529 compared with net earnings of $238,210 on revenue of $4,346,176 for the same period a ye…

While financing is still waiting in the wings, Goldenbell Resources of Vancouver says it has made the decision to go into production with its Pine Tree gold project in Mariposa Cty., Calif. The compan…

Good drill results depth have increased the likelihood of going underground on the Ribago-Silidor project near Rouyn, Que., a joint venture of Noranda, Cambior and Cogesco Mining Resources. Cogesco is…

The Ontario government is throwing an additional $4 million into the Ontario Mineral Exploration Program (OMEP) for fiscal 1986-87, increasing the budget to $12 million from $8 million. Edward Solonyk…

Operating from the premise that mineral markets are cyclical in natu re, Savanna Resources has assembled an inventory of interests in 10 mineral properties in varying stages of development. The compan…