Articles by Northern Miner Staff

There’s nothing quite like a new discovery to add some sparkle to a market — especially one that’s so close to home. The big news this week of course is the Minnova/Rea Gold find north of Kamloops, B…

The amalgamation of Quebec Cobalt & Exploration with Arrowhead Gold Mines has been approved by the shareholders of both companies, Quebec Cobalt President Richard Evarts said recently. The new company…

In the June 8 issue of The Northern Miner, it was mistakenly reported that Pamour Inc. owns 50.2% of Australia based Giant Resources. In fact the reverse is true.

I hold shares of Parvus Mines, which seems to have almost disappeared from the scene since the late-1970s. Now I hear there is a private placement of flow-through shares; also, it has reappeared on co…

With its steelmakers having cut production, Japan will start relying more on steel imports than exports, and developing nations such as Brazil and Korea will be expanding their steel capacity steadily…

Manitoba is currently experiencing considerable mineral exploration and mine development by the junior mining sector. It is possibly the most activity ever by juniors in the province, with more than 6…

Breakwater Resources of Vancouver has given a Swiss bank the mandate to offer for sale in Europe 35 million Swiss francs (approximately $31 million) as the principal amount of convertible Eurobonds. T…

Thorco Resources reports it has acquired 100% of the issued share capital and warrants of Centurion Exploration and Mining, a U.K.- -based mining company with a 60% controlling interest in a South Afr…

The Francoeur property of Rouyn Mining Resources could be in production as early as next March pending receipt of a positive feasibility study, President Jean-Guy Rivard told a group of investors in T…

At long last polymetallics are getting some respect — even if the primary metal credit is silver. Indeed, the massive sulphide discovery by Minnova Inc. (N.M.June 8, 1987) on the Adams Lake property …

The New Brunswick Prospectors and Developers Association plans a field trip June 19 and 20 to gold and tin discoveries and gold-bearing alteration zones in the Saint George Batholith area of the provi…

The fiscal year ended March 31 was the best ever for the Vancouver Stock Exchange. Describing the $6.7-million “excess of revenue over expense” as an all- time high, Chairman G. Fabbro attributed the …