Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A recent decision by the directors of Toronto-based Franco-Nevada Mining Corp. to transfer all of its non-producing assets to a new sister company, means that Franco-Nevada is up for sale next year. A…

Ian Hamilton, senior vice-president and general counsel for Lac Minerals says there is no truth to a suggestion that Lac has an interest in Scintilore Explorations. A street rumor reported in the stoc…

Although the tse composite index advanced sharply by 21.99 pts today to 3,719.11 pts, golds continued to decline losing more than 114 pts to 7,935.12. Good news however, is that gold bullion prices ar…

Three raises being driven from the 200-ft level in the West zone at the Magino joint venture gold project in northern Ontario are returning some high gold values, project manager Muscocho Explorations…

Vancouver-based Fleck Resources recently agreed to participate in a number of Ireland and Canada-based joint ventures which could add to its reserves of gold and platinum. In the first of three agreem…

By spending $1 million over three years, Canamax Resources can earn a 50% interest in 50 Gwillim East claims of Greenstone Resources, located near Chibougamau, Que. Greenstone President Ian Park, says…

The legal wrangle which is stalling the sinking of a 1,800-ft shaft on the Brookbank property near Beardmore, Ont., is far from being resolved, Metalore Resources says. Following announcement in The N…

More than 350 people from all sectors of the mining industry were recipients of red carpet treatment offered by residents of this northern Quebec community last week. The event was the second annual m…

presented its Peacock Memorial Prize for 1986 to Michael Jones (left), an M.Sc. student at the department of earth sciences, University of Waterloo, Ont., in recognition of his work on late-stage seco…

I am a long-term subscriber who depends on the stock exchange tables in The Northern Miner. I am somewhat distressed that the Vancouver Stock Exchange list in The Miner still (as of May 25) does not i…

There could be some sort of poetic justice for the mining industry in a report that sharks are busy eating fibre-optic transmission cables at the bottom of the sea. Indeed we wonder if the industry,…

The decision by Cassiar Mining to either develop its McDame asbestos deposit or terminate operations completely by mid-1991 will have to be made this year. James C. O’Rourke, president, also told the …