Articles by Northern Miner Staff

For a project that was viewed as a modest underground producer three years ago, Mascot Gold Mines’ Nickel Plate mine has certainly come a long way. Perched high above the town of Hedley in southeaster…

The flotation column is arguably the most important piece of mineral processing equipment developed in Canada in the past decade. But its acceptance has until now been thwarted by the lack of a sound …

We all need it, although some need it more than others. Our families and friends become closer to us through it. Our co-workers grow when we take it. Our businesses benefit from it. What is this magic…

The Kierens Zone is an epigenetic gold deposit on Aur Resources’ First Canadian property, 10 miles west of Val d’Or, Que. Based on surface drilling results, the deposit is estimated to contain drill-i…

The gold discovery by Metalore Resources not only sparked a staking rush into the Beardmore area of Ontario, but a stock market play as well. Announced by The Northern Miner in March, 1986, the news o…

SEW-Eurodrive Co. of Canada, based in Bramalea, Ont., has opened its third Canadian plant, in Lasalle, Que. The new facility offers the Quebec mining industry its choice of more than two million diffe…

To the east and to the west, gold is revitalizing a moribund Canadian mining industry. In Nova Scotia earlier this year, Seabright Resources produced a gold bar from development muck at its Forest Hil…

Most agreements that contemplate a party acting as an operator to carry out exploration or other mining work financed by several parties permit the operator to charge against the project some of the o…

Your recent article “Where to Explore” (March issue) claimed that British Columbia was among the least supportive of the provinces when it comes to assisting mineral development. Nothing could be fart…

A VSE and TSE-listed junior company, based in Vancouver, U.S. Precious Meals Inc, has entered into an agreement with the exploration arm of Noranda Inc. In the agreement Noranda Exploration can earn a…

With $40 million in its treasury from a recent equity offering, Cominco Resources International is preparing to initiate work on 50 international mineral properties. Exploration work at Cominco’s Buck…

Drilling on the Timmins, Ont., area property which Kidd Creek Mines holds under option from Chance Mining and Exploration is scheduled to resume in late July. The $350,000 program will consist of dril…