Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Behre Dolbear & Co., a New York-based minerals industry consulting f irm and a subsidiary of Great Horn Mining, has merged with another minerals consulting firm, Riverside Associates, also of New York…

Wednesday close, Sept. 17 It was quite a week on the market and one that more than a few investors would sooner forget. The slide started last Thursday taking its cue from the plunging Dow Jones south…

I purchased Golden Hope stock at $3 per share. Do you expect the sha re price to eventually rise? J.A., Belleville, Ont. Of course, all investors hope that the price of any shares they purchased will …

Wednesday close, Sept. 17 The market reaction here to higher gold prices has certainly been subdued — at least by previous standards. There is still concern that gold prices won’t hold, so investors …

Exploration has moved into high gear, says Imperial Metals Corp. Cha irman Hugh C. Morris in a first quarter report to shareholders. Drilling is scheduled for the Cunningham Creek and Takla projects i…

The Coniagas group of six companies has reported results for the 6-m onth period ended June 30 with three of the four operating companies reporting losses for the period. The group includes Coniagas M…

A page one story in last week’s issue on Energex Minerals incorrectly stated the company had a 1986 budget of $24 million for exploration on its large land position. That figure should have read $2.4 …

A feasibility study on Golden Shield Resources’ Mirado gold mine pro ject is expected to be completed by October, says President Raymond Mongeau.c To date the company has completed 700 ft of explorati…

For the 6-month period ended June 30, Mentor Exploration and Develop ment realized net earnings of $1.26 million, or 36 cents a share. That’s a significant increase from the $479,055 or 13 cents a sh…

Contender Resources has changed its name to Strategic Communications Ltd. on a share-for-share basis.

Development drilling on 5-m spacings to establish mineable reserves has started on Borealis Exploration’s Fat Lake area property in the Keewatin District of the Northwest Territories. A small open pit…

Home Oil Company reports what it describes as the first significant deep oil discovery ever made in Saskatchewan. It says the North Tableland 8-22 well was drilled in February this year to a total dep…