1987

There is going to be about $900 million in flow-through money raised this year by cmp, nim and First Exploration, the three largest national exploration fund managers in Canada. Add to that another $1…

Backed by a new silver discovery near Cobalt Ont., an expected end to dilution problems at its Telbel gold mine and significantly higher earnings, the executives at Agnico- Eagle Mines are in a bullis…

Shareholders of Toronto-based Campbell Resources and Montreal- based Meston Lake Resources have voted in favor of amalgamating Meston with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Campbell, Camsub Holdings. Mesto…

Additional ground has been optioned by Silverside Resources in the Harker-Holloway area east of Matheson, Ont. The company has the right to acquire a 100% interest in 13 patented claims located in Gar…

After conducting a 5,000-ton bulk sample test on Northumberland Mines’ Cochrane Hill, N.S., gold prospect, Inco Gold has decided to relinquish its option on the property. Inco was earning a 60% intere…

Although he has heard “rumors of several companies sniffing around,” Pioneer Metals President Robert Willis doesn’t believe his company is a takeover target. But he concedes that if “somebody wants yo…

It gets colder in the Northwest Territories, a lot colder, but at least the test was done under freezing conditions. For 35 days in October and November, Neptune Resources test-leached 1,500 tons of o…

When it comes to making suggestions, readers of The Northern Miner don’t pull any punches. Many respondents offered good sound advice but, while we received many comments on a job well done, there was…

Total Erickson Resources has acquired 250,000 shares of Getty Resources in a private transaction. That increases Erickson’s interest in Getty to 1,089,300 shares or about 11.6% of Getty’s outstanding …

Starting and finishing the week in positive fashion, the Montreal Exchange is beginning to show more (though still relatively moderate) trading activity compared with recent weeks. The larger “senior”…

Production at Franco-Nevada Mining’s Goldstrike royalty lands in the heart of the Carlin gold trend was disrupted for much of this year as operator American Barrick Resources focused on construction o…

The most consistent criticism we received related to delivery of the paper. “Improve your delivery time,” said one reader emphatically, a message echoed by 15% of those who took the time to write any…