Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Stock Exchange on Oct 30. Based in Toronto, the company owns directly and indirectly 50.34% of the issued capital of Blackdome Mining Corp., which recently completed construction of a $10-million mini…

Drilling on Minefinders Corp.’s East Group property in northwestern Quebec’s Dubuisson Twp has extended the strike length of the gold-bearing shear zone discovered earlier in the year. Recent results …

McNellen Resources reports a nearly 60% increase in the calculated reserve figure for its jointly- owned Magino gold project, about 60 miles east of Hemlo, Ont. Muscocho Explorations is McNellen’s 50/…

Platinum fever has finally spread to COATS-traded issues. Boston Bay Mines, which controls a 90% interest in the Lac des Iles platinum- palladium deposit north of Thunder Bay, Ont., was strong at $4.2…

Stock Exchange on Monday, Nov 3, under the stock symbol RC. There are 3,530,000 shares issued and outstanding. Based in Bermuda, the company invests in the securities of resource issuers, primarily in…

A $300,000(US) exploration program is under way on the 574-acre property in the heart of the Wanatchee gold belt area of Washington which includes part of the old Lovitt mine that produced some 400,00…

Rock Mines’ claims in the southeast corner of Grenfell Twp. in the Kirkland Lake area of Ontario. The company says gold was first discovered on the property in 1917 and over the years various work was…

Could you please bring me up-to-date on Silver Bar Mines. I understand the company has been re-activated and has property in the Cobalt area of Ontario. K.O. Formosa, Ont. Your information is quite ac…

Financing required for the balance of this year’s exploration program has been completed, says Quebec-based Aunore Resources. A private placement agreement has been concluded which will provide $1.242…

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While the whole nation celebrated its first Nobel Prize in 15 years, there were rumblings recently of cutbacks at the National Research Council, one of the main advocates of science and technology in …

Bigger is not necessarily better. Very few gold mines in this country have been able to pay a dividend within the first year of production. And few indeed will show net earnings of 29 cents per share…