Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A 145-ft section grading 0.155 oz gold per ton has been pulled by United Gold Corp. on its Clio property in Tuolumne Cty., Calif. A total of five holes was drilled prior to the Christmas break and ass…

It’s that time again — or almost. The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada is gearing up once more for its annual convention, billed as Canada’s largest mineral industry gathering. It sta…

Tintina Mines reports it has started a 5,000-ft diamond drill program on its Massey copper property, near Sudbury, Ont. The drilling will be completed by the end of February within a wide silicified s…

Work is under way on rehabilitating the No 2 shaft at Stabell Resources’ Dubuisson Twp. gold property near Val d’Or, Que. The work, which is being done with Acquisitor Mines which has an option to ear…

A program of geophysics, overburden drilling and 3,700 ft of diamond drilling is slated this year for Achates Resources’ 97-claim gold bet in Brongniart Twp. in the Chibougamau area of Quebec. Here Ac…

The Northern Miner some months ago carried a letter from Ken Swanson, who describes the merits of Cambrian College. A subsequent letter from A. D. Hellens, presented the outstanding credentials and ac…

It’s simply incredible how our federal government can throw around money in this period of so-called restraint — money it does not have, just piling debt on top of debt. Only a week or so ago we ques…

Joutel Resources reports negotiations to divest itself of its U.S oil and gas interests have been successfully concluded with the sale of its wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary to a private U.S group.

It seems that Ontario Premier David Peterson will continue as acting minister of the province’s ministry of northern development and mines for an unspecified period. There had been speculation that Mr…

Ernest Haigh, a mine accountant who worked in mines across Canada from British Columbia to Newfoundland, as well as in the Yukon and the Northwest Territories, has died in Oakville, Ont., at the age o…

The reins of power will be changing hands this year at Inco Ltd., the world’s largest producer of nickel. Following the annual meeting in April, Charles F. Baird, chairman and chief executive officer,…

Joint venture partners Golden Triangle Mining Exploration, Monica Resources and Canadian Industrial Minerals Corp. say further diamond drilling will begin early this month to test a geological environ…