Articles by Northern Miner Staff

World crude steel production in 1986 totalled 714 million tonnes, down from 720 million tonnes in 1985, the International Iron and Steel Institute reports. Crude steel production of the western world …

Exploration expenditures in Quebec grew by 58% in 1986, soaring to an unprecedented $263.1 million. More than 87% of this investment was earmarked for the off-site exploration for which the spending r…

Goldpost Resources of Toronto will spend the $2.3 million it raised through class “A” flow-through warrants, to explore its Hislop West property near Timmins, Ont. Goldpost recently finalized the exec…

An affiliate company of Edda Resources has acquired interests in more than 25,000 acres of ground in the Athapapuskow area of Manitoba. The focus of the exploration programs scheduled for the properti…

The log-jam of assay results in Atlantic Canada has been broken. Tse-listed Acadia Mineral Ventures has received encouraging assay results from 32 of 51 holes drilled on its Mooseland property in Nova…

Brunswick Mining and Smelting Corp. reports first quarter earnings of $355,000, compared with a loss of $3,525,000 in the first quarter of 1986. Value of mineral production in the latest period was $6…

Vancouver-based Four Seasons Resources has established a Maritimes exploration arm, F.S.R. Maritimes Exploration. F.S.R. Maritimes is negotiating an option agreement with Four Seasons whereby it could…

Dejour Mines and Canacord Resources report they have an agreement for exploration of Dejour’s claim block in Poirier, Que., and surrounding townships. Under the agreement, Canacord can earn up to a 45…

Troymin Resources reports it plans a drill program starting this month on its silver-gold prospect in northeastern Nevada. The company says it will consist of 1,500 ft of drilling to evaluate the pote…

The image of mining will get quite a boost from the new mining pavilion at Ontario Place, in Toronto, officially opened the other day by Ontario’s ministry of northern development and mines. A kind …

Much is being heard these days about the woes resulting from the massive debts that have been built up by the devloping South American countries, especially Brazil, Argentine and Peru. Even the intere…

Field crews are moving on to location and diamond drilling with two machines is being resumed on the extensive holdings of Eastmain Resources and Westmin Resources in the Eastmain River area of New Qu…