Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A proven, high grade magnesite ore deposit on and adjacent to the Deer Trail mine property in Stevens Cty., Wash., has been rediscovered, L. George Reynolds, chairman of Cortez International, has anno…

A follow-up diamond drill program is scheduled to start this month on X-Cal Resources’ Snowbird gold property in central B.C. The 5,400-ft drill program was prompted by encouraging results derived fro…

Drilling has started on the Estrades property in the Casa Berardi area by operator Teck Explorations and joint venture partners Golden Hope Resources and Golden Group Explorations. The drilling is aim…

Recent drill results from Northair Mines’ Willa gold project in southeastern B.C. included one spectacular intersection grading 1.4 oz over 59 ft. According to Donald A. McLeod, president, check assay…

Vault Explorations has dropped plans to acquire a 48% interest in a gold concession in Mali. The company’s stock was halted by the superintendent of brokers office Jan 9, and it was asked to provide d…

Several encouraging intersections have been completed by partners, Kennco Explorations, North American Rare Metals and Dundee-Palliser Resources on a 203-claim property in Vezza Twp., Que. Located app…

Drilling is in progress testing six targets on the Harker-Garrison property held by Lynx-Canada Explorations. Sparton Resources declined to participate in the program, leaving Lynx to fund continuing …

Since the beginning of January, second-tier Canadian gold stocks — companies on stream to production or clearly prospective new producers in advanced stages of exploration — have by and large come t…

The first hole of this year’s diamond drilling project encountered a 12-ft-wide quartz vein on its property near Geraldton Ont., reports Hardrock Extensions President S. M. Malouf. The quartz vein exh…

Discovery of a new ore zone is reported by Geodome Resources at its gold project near Hailey, Idaho. The company says the new zone was discovered through its U.S. subsidiary, Sunbeam Mining Corp., as …

With the next federal budget only a week away and a much- guessed- about tax reform paper expected sometime in the spring, this is an opportune time to reaffirm our concern for the retention of flow-t…

Without giving any specifics, the premier of British Columbia told a B.C. & Yukon Chamber of Mines luncheon that deregulation will be a top priority for his government. According to William Vander Zal…