GOLD FUNDS (January 11, 1999)
Gold Funds as of December 31, 1998BGRCentralNet Value$13.775.89Price$9.55$5.450Discount30.65%7.5%Value$102,269,000$102,306,566…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Russian gold output to hold steady — Exploration and development attract foreign, local dollars (January 11, 1999)
Gold producing regions in Russia are facing an uncertain year in light of depressed prices and economic instability, though most are anticipating production similar that of 1998.In the northeastern re…
EDITORIAL & OPINION — GEOLOGY 101 — Zinc-lead-copper VMS deposits, Part 1 (January 11, 1999)
Zinc-lead-copper volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits have also been called Kuroko-type, after the deposits in the Green Tuff Belt in Japan. Aside from these base metals, such deposits also produce …
SPOT PRICES (January 11, 1999)
Tuesday January 6, 1999Price (US)Week’s ChangeGold*$287.15+$0.45Silver*$ 5.15+$0.23Platinum*$360.00+$9.00Nickel**$ 1.80+$0.04Lead**…
CIM student night focuses on financing (January 11, 1999)
Mine financing will be the topic of discussion at the next meeting of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), to be held at 6 p.m. on Jan. 21 at the Ontario Club in Toronto. …
PEOPLE – Mazaring (January 11, 1999)
Robert Dutil appointed chairman.
EDITORIAL & OPINION — ODDS ‘N’ SODS — The showing (January 11, 1999)
Around 1955, I became associated with three Irish prospectors from Noranda, Que. Being French-Canadian and from Rouyn, this good relationship was quite an education for me.The three were employed by a…
METAL PRICES (January 11, 1999)
BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange-Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne)DateJan. 5Jan. 4Jan. 1Dec. 31…
Viceroy advances Gualcamayo project in Argentina — Junior prepares to launch second phase of diamond drilling
Concerns that gold-bearing fines are being lost during diamond drilling at the Gualcamayo project in Argentina have prompted Viceroy Resource (VOY-T) to begin twinning the holes with a reverse-circula…
Diamond sector bolstered by triumphant startup at Ekati — Diavik project undergoes assessment; Snap Lake takes shape
A new era in Canadian mining dawned in October as the nation joined the ranks of the world’s diamond producers.Situated 300 km northeast of Yellowknife, N.W.T., in the sub-Arctic barren lands, the Eka…
Commodity prices take toll on US mining
As American miners ring in the new year, they are also bidding good riddance to a year they would just as soon forget. Several factors conspired against the U.S. mining industry in 1998, making it one…
ODDS ‘N’ SODS — My Mexican odyssey
In 1975, I was cruising around the Mexican state of Guerrero, looking at showings, and my travels took me through Chilpancingo.I looked up a man whose first name was Francisco, a 71-year-old mining en…