Articles by Northern Miner Staff

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Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Nov.3/97 (change from previous week in brackets):MetalStock(tonnes)Change…

The government of China has issued a business licence to the Yingezhuang gold mining company — a 50-50 joint venture between Asia Minerals (AMP-A) and state-owned Zhaoyuan Gold.The licence will enabl…

Aluminium: LME settlements US$1,585, alloy US$1,475 per tonne (Nov. 4/97).Antimony: Composite free market, US$1,820 per tonne (Nov. 4/97).Bismuth: Composite free market US$3.40 per lb. (Nov. 4/97).Cad…

Golden Phoenix Minerals (GPXM-O) has acquired the Borealis mine project in eastern Nevada.The company paid 225,000 shares to the owner, J.D. Welsh & Associates, in lieu of the previously agreed upon f…

Drilling by KWG Resources (KWG-T) at the Grand Bois gold deposit in northern Haiti has produced results similar to those obtained through work performed by the United Nations Development Program from …

Vancouver-based Aurizon Mines (ARZ-T) has signed a letter-of-intent with TVX Gold (TVX-T) and Golden Knight Resources (GKR-T) to acquire the suspended Casa Berardi underground gold mine in northwester…

Insider trading reports issued by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) show that James and Barbara Sinclair, each of whom held more than 10% of the outstanding shares of Sutton Resources (STT-V), w…

Ongoing diamond drilling by Oroperu Resources (OROP-C) and joint-venture partner Pan American Silver (PAA-T) continues to confirm the presence of gold mineralization at the Tres Cruces project in nort…

In what appears to be another move to dispose of poorly performing assets, Inmet Mining (IMN-T) has sold its Troilus gold mine in north-central Quebec.The buyers are the Homestake Canada unit of Homes…

Nevsun Resources (NSU-T) intersected several high-grade, steeply dipping pods of gold mineralization while drill-testing the downdip extension of the Tabakoto project in Mali, West Africa.The 50-hole,…

Exploration expenditures for nonferrous metals have increased for the fourth year in a row, according to a study released by Metals Economics Group (MEG).The mining research firm reports that total wo…