Frank Beales
Frank Beales, former professor of geology at the University of Toronto and McMaster University in Hamilton, has died. He was 85.
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Laudrum to discuss Polaris
Geologist and environmental expert Arlene Laudrum will discuss remediation work at Teck Cominco’s Polaris mine in far northern Nunavut, at the next luncheon meeting of the Vancouver branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petrol…
Silver lining for food processing
In a world where there is increasing concern over the safety of food and how it is processed, packaged and stored, health experts are turning increasingly to silver-based biocides. The biocides are chemical agents capable of destroying living orga…
Daily Metal Prices (November 22, 2004)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)…
Juniors pumped as gold moves to 18-year highs
The big news this week for the junior mining sector is the gold price which managed to make it past the US$440 mark with participants cheering the climb. Venture Exchange-listed companies were looking up, however, there is still a lot of weakness…
Metallica’s rights restored at Cerro San Pedro (November 22, 2004)
Mexico’s Federal Court has ordered the Agrarian Court in San Luis Potosi state to reinstate
Insider Trading (November 22, 2004)
The following insider trading transactions were recently reported by the Ontario Securities Commission in the OSC Bulletin:…
OntZinc adopts poison pill
In the midst of trying to raise a hefty stack of cash to complete its planned acquisition of
Centerra’s first quarter turns out well (November 22, 2004)
Newly minted gold producer
Pershimco hits gold at Courville showing (November 22, 2004)
Surface work and shallow diamond drilling by
First Quantum powers up Kansanshi
Vancouver — Commissioning of