Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Springtime drilling is planned for AfriOre’s (AFO-V) two diamond prospects in Botswana.At Kokong West, where AfriOre recently discovered a new kimberlite called KW2, four deep holes will be drilled in…

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Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Feb. 24/97 (change from previous week in brackets):Aluminium901,250(-9,375)Copper220,050(-575)Lead108,475(-1,625)Nickel45,75…

A drilling program by Bruneau Minerals (BRM-T) has boosted reserves at its calcium carbonate deposit in Lac St. Jean, Que., by 4 million tonnes to more than 17 million tonnes.

ALUMINIUM: LME settlements US$1,629 per tonne, alloy $1,540 per tonne (Feb. 25/97).ANTIMONY: Composite free market, US$2,340 per tonne (Feb. 25/97).BISMUTH: Composite free market US$3.00 per lb. (Feb….

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Partners Mid-North Resources (MNU-A) and Consolidated Callinan Flin Flon Mines (CFF-V) have intersected gold mineralization while testing a geophysical conductor on their Lynn Lake property in Manitob…

A recent agreement has allowed Etruscan Enterprises (EET-V) to buy the remaining 44% of the shares of African GeoMin not already held by the company.African GeoMin holds the exploration permit for the…

The Toronto Stock Exchange was fractionally higher over the trading period Feb. 19-25, as the gold stocks staged a strong recovery. The TSE 300 composite index closed at 6,247.78 on Feb. 25, up 9.56 p…

A one-time gain of $62.7 million from the sale of coal assets enabled Westmin Resources (WMI-T) to post net income of $21.3 million for 1996 on revenue of $100.8 million.By comparison, the company ear…

Queenstake Resources (QTR-T) will use the proceeds from a $16.4-million private placement to fund exploration and development of its properties in Chile, and elsewhere in Latin America.The financing c…