Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The prospects for Ronrico Explorations have improved considerably ov er the past year — and there is more to come, Donald J. Kemp, president, told shareholders at the annual meeting. The turnaround i…

Optimism about mine development in the Atlantic provinces was eviden t at the District 1 meeting of the Canadian Institute of Mining held in Halifax recently. Speakers at the opening session summarize…

The production season has ended at Queenstake Resources’ placer operations in the Yukon and gold output was 5% higher than last year. More than 6,400 oz of gold was produced from three main properties…

A drill program is expected to start this week on Goldhurst Resource s’ gold prospect in Walters Twp., near Beardmore, Ont. The small 3,000-ft program will test several geophysical conductors which ha…

A 4-hole drill program has been completed on the Birchville gold pro perty by Odessa Explorations. The property is located in the Mother Lode area of California. Assays from the drilling are expected …

American Barrick Resources is swallowing another gold producer — its sixth acquisition since 1983 — as it continues to increase its gold production. The non-cash transaction will see each share of P…

Wednesday close, Dec 3 Several resource issues made solid gains during the week. First City Gold Corp., was one of the bigger winners, adding 85 cents to close at $3.35. The company, which made our mo…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…