Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Atlantic Report New N.S. company into gold action

Scotia Prime Resources, a new Halifax-based company that is entering the Nova Scotia gold play, has acquired several properties with gold potential in the Meguma Group of rocks. Among them are former …


Silver production a go at Hellens- Eplett mine

Way back in late 1979, Toronto- listed Silverside Resources started working a high grade silver prospect in the famed Cobalt area of Ontario. Now eight years and about $5.5 million later, the company …


Beaver lists on TSE

The shares of Vancouver-based Beaver Resources were posted for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the stock symbol “bgi” effective April 27. The original listing is in the mining category for…


Skyline has new subsidiary

Skyline Explorations has incorporated a new subsidiary to hold its Inel claim group, situated near the company’s proposed mining operation in the Johny Mountain area north of Stewart, B.C. The subsidi…



Queries New Pascalis back to life

I’ve heard rumors that there is some drilling going on at the New Pascalis Mines property up near Val d’Or, Que. I’d understood that that property was just about out of the picture as far as any furth…


Placer, Dome/Campbell to merge

In what will certainly represent the largest mining merger in Canadian history, Placer Development, Domes Mines, and Campbell Red Lake Mines have agreed to form a new company which will have a market …


Granges to get Ican shares

An extension has been secured by Granges Exploration to acquire 3.3 million shares of Ican Minerals on a share exchange basis. Citing “unavoidable delays encountered in acquiring drill hole samples fo…


Mining policy set for May 20

The federal minister of state for forestry and mines gave few clues to his new mining policy in a speech to a luncheon gathering at the 89th annual meeting of the cim in Toronto. Gerald Merrithew is s…


Ross report on education

The Ross Committee report on the future post-secondary education needs of Ontario’s mining industry has been released by the Ontario government. The report was initiated after close consultation with …



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