Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The mining industry in this country, heavily dependent on export mar kets, is unquestionably hurting, though hardly as sorely as is the oil and gas sector. Root of the malaise is the fierce foreign co…

McGarry Minerals, which reports completion of an exploration/evaluation program on its Cairo Twp., Ont., gold prospect, says no further work or expenditure on the property is warranted. The program co…

Diamond drilling has started on Duration Mines’ Casa Berardi property with one drill rig and a second rig scheduled to start shortly, reports President David P. Rogers. The Casa Berardi claim group, i…

A private company believes it could have a major platinum discovery in the Labrador trough area north of Schefferville, Que. Assays from the first half of about 2,000 samples taken by La Fosse Platinu…

Ore-grade gold mineralization has been encountered in three drill holes put down in an initial program on Silverside Resources’ Garrison Twp. property in northeastern Ontario. President Leith Hellens …

Initial drilling on Minefinders Corp.’s Eqst Group property in northwestern Quebec’s Dubuisson Twp. has confirmed the presence of a major gold-bearing shear zone with values ranging up to 0.24 oz gold…

Wednesday close, Sept 24 The market managed to regain some lost ground afterlast week’s tailspin to below the 3,000 pt level. Today with over 18 million shares changing hands, the widely followed com…

Augmitto Explorations has received final receipt from the Quebec Securities Commission for a prospectus offering in Quebec. If completed, the offering will raise a minimum of $2.5 million and a maximu…

Mazarin Inc. has concuded an agreement with Cambior Inc. and Noranda Inc. to acquire an interest in the Wilco property one mile east of Rouyn- Noranda in northeastern Quebec. The project has considera…

Wednesday close, Sept 24 What was a little-known group of assets owned by the Quebec government just months ago is fast becoming one of Quebec’s premier gold issues. This week Cambior was, once again,…

Canada Tungsten has changed its transfer agent to Montreal Trust Co. of Canada.

Peralto Resources says it has located three zones of intense silicification, with characteristics similar to known mineral bodies in the Toodoggone gold area, on the company’s holdings in the northern…