Articles by Northern Miner Staff

“This is one helluva mine,” says Dickenson Mines’ President and Chief Executive Officer Peter L. Munro with justified pride, for he has engineered a dramatic turnaround in the fortunes and outlook at …

Hardrock Extension has acquired an additional 39 claims near Geraldton, Ont. The claims tie on to ground already held by the company. The claims tie on to ground already held by the company. Affiliat…

Bank of America, chapter 11 rumors abound. Dallas-based Western Savings Bank down and three other banks announced down, ($4 billion needed to stay afloat). Farm Credit system needing $3 billion now an…

Production is scheduled to start at the Sumich mine in Kingston Canyon, Nev., this December, says Nevada Goldfields Corp. With estimated reserves of 1,037,000 tons averaging 0.261 oz gold per ton, the…

Results from 50 holes drilled in 1986 on Flanagan McAdam Resources’ Mishibishu Lake property in northwestern Ontario has boosted reserves by more than one-third and improved grade by 10% compared to t…

Galactic Resources has raised $13,875,000C through the successful completion of its private placement with a major Canadian financial institution, Robert M. Friedland, chairman, reports. The placement…

Supply restrictions by major producers such as China are the only way to improve tungsten prices, yet prices could experience a period of volatility not seen since the early 1970s if such restrictions…

I still have 10,000 shares of Young-Shannon Gold Mines held at Hector Chisholm & Co. What chance have they of doing something to get going again? H. A.Kidd, Willowdale, Ont. The chances don’t look ver…

wo diamond drills now are on the Revelstoke, B.C., property of Windflower Mining, George Zbitnoff, vice-president exploration of Granges Exploration and Gerald Ryzner, P.Eng., president of Windflower,…

It would be a minimum of three years before Ontario’s ministry of northern development and mines could complete its planned move of a major part of the ministry to Sudbury, according to the ministry’s…

Companies (like people) are often misunderstood, which is why Imperial Metals describes itself as “somewhat of an enigma” in the junior resource sector. But addressing the annual meeting, President Pi…

Canada continues as the world’s leading producer and exporter of uranium, according to results of the annual assessment of the country’s uranium supply released recently by Marcel Masse, minister of e…