Articles by Northern Miner Staff

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By 1909, the northeastern Ontario town of Cobalt boasted a rag-tag downtown consisting of tailors, dressmakers, haberdashers and ice cream makers. The merchants, like the miners themselves, came from …

ALUMINIUM: LME settlements US$1,646 per tonne, alloy $1,528 per tonne (Mar. 12/97).ANTIMONY: Composite free market, US$2,235 per tonne (Mar. 11/97).BISMUTH: Composite free market US$3.15 per lb. (Mar….

Odin Mining & Exploration (ODN-V) has received promising assays from the first three holes drilled at its Marcia gold property in southwestern Ecuador.Hole 2 intersected 29.92 metres from surface, gra…

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Mar.10/97 (change from previous week in brackets):Aluminium877,675(-4,775)Copper205,525(-9,275)Lead109,075(+1,050)Nickel45,8…

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Wednesday, March 12, 1997Price (US)Week’s ChangeGold*$353.15- $2.60Silver*$ 5.23…

Short positions outstanding at March 5, 1997Larger individual positions included: Barrick Gold 11,605,421, up 977,328; Agnico Eagle Mines 247,859; AJ Perron Gold 376,400; Amax Gold 156,670, up 76,600;…

Same show, new roof.The 65th annual convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) had a new home, the Metropolitan Toronto Convention Centre, and a new, roomier feel, while s…

Wheaton River Minerals (WRM-T) plans to sell its 61.9% interest in YGC Resources (YGC-V) in order to finance development of its Golden Bear heap-leach mine in northwestern British Columbia.Wheaton has…

Pangea Goldfields is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PGD. Incorrect information appeared in our issue of March 10, 1997.

NDT Ventures (NDE-V) is acquiring 48,000 acres in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state, where historic garimpeiro gold workings are known to exist.NDT will pay US$945,000 in cash to the Brazilian vendor, issue…