Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has decided in favor of allowing Golden Queen Mining (GQM-T) to begin construction of the Soledad Mountain mine, 130 km north of Los Angeles, Calif.Construction will…

A 4-week-old strike at three Tennessee zinc mines owned by Asarco (AR-N) has cut production to 30% of capacity.The employees, represented by the International Chemical Workers Union, went on strike Oc…

Efforts to expand reserves at the Glimmer mine near Matheson, Ont., have borne fruit.In an underground drill hole, Exall Resources (EXL-T) hit an interval assaying 159.09 grams gold per tonne over 8 m…

On the surface, little remains of Anglo American/De Beers Consolidated Mines, Anglo-Transvaal Consolidated Investment (Anglo Vaal), Gencor, Gold Fields, Johannesburg Consolidated Investment (JCI) and …

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Nov.10/97 (change from previous week in brackets):MetalStocks(tonnes)Change…

Wednesday, November 12, 1997PriceWeek’s ChangeGold$310.00- $4.50Silver*$ 4.95…

ExchgValue($000s)HighLowCloseChangeBarrick GoldT9…

I am sure everyone has heard enough of Bre-X Minerals and Busang by now. As an investor who saw his small portfolio dwindle, even though I had no Indonesian investments, I know that I have.There is an…

The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index fell 18.32 points, or 2.4%, to close at 751.4 cents during the report period ended Nov. 11. The mining index slid 22.41 points, or 3.4%, to close at 643.32…

A first phase of exploration on the Agusha-Gumu gold property in western Ethiopia has returned encouraging results for owner Emerging Africa Gold (EAGI-C).The program consisted of geological mapping, …

BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange – Midday bid/ask prices in US$ per tonne)DateNov. 11Nov. 10Nov. 7Nov. 6Nov…

Preliminary drilling and trenching by Ursa Major International (urs-t) are assessing two soil anomalies on the Nirinsk property in central Kazakstan.The anomalies are seen as potential open-pit gold d…