Articles by Northern Miner Staff

When some 225 Noranda Minerals staff pack up in November and move fr om their parent company’s head office to their own headquarters across the street, the special relationship between the Noranda emp…

Gordian Computer Solutions will be offering a series of microcompute r courses for geologists this fall. Developed by geologists, the courses will introduce the students to an introductory microcomput…

Depressed tungsten prices continue to hound Canada Tungsten Mining C orp. which reports a net loss of $5.6 million, or 75 cents per share at this year’s half way mark. This compares to a net loss of …

The Ontario Geological Survey will hold its 9th annual geoscience research seminar and open house Dec. 3 and 4, in the Macdonald Block, Queen’s Park, Toronto. The program will include papers and displ…

British Columbia has a history of labor unrest which, to a large extent, disappeared during the recent recession. Mass layoffs in forestry and mining because of low commodity prices appeared to hit ho…

Oracle Resources has signed an agreement with First Exploration Fund 1986 for issuance of 166,667 flow-through common shares at $3 per share. The offering is underwritten by Merrill Lynch Canada and D…

After completing more than 60 drill holes on the Seabee property, h eld under option from Claude Resources, Placer Development is embarking on a period of review and assessment. Project geologists wil…

Two sentences in your recent editorial on a clear energy policy vivi dly spell out the problem with governments: “To us, the ideal would be to let the market dictate all pricing structures,” and “What…

Based on a belief that there will be a return to rising oil prices b y the end of this decade, Canada Northwest Energy is taking advantage of the present depressed state of the petroleum industry by o…

Drilling on Flanagan McAdam Resources’ Gwillim Lake property in the Chibougamau area of northwestern Quebec has intersected significant gold values, the company says. The latest hole, No 86-4, returne…

Gold production at an estimated rate of 15,000 oz a year could begin as early as next year in the Geraldton-Beardmore area of northern Ontario. A private company, Norben Gold Resources of Peterborough…

A joint venture agreement has been signed between Falconbridge Ltd. and Beaufield Resources which gives the latter company the right to earn a 25% stake in 897 claims owned by Falconbridge. Located 30…