Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Ron Howard appointed director.

The geologist who discovered the first Hemlo gold deposit in 1981 has set his sights on the 134-claim White Lake property in the east Hemlo area of western Ontario.David Bell heads up CaribGold Resour…

Senior producer Teck (TEK-T) will explore the Barry gold property in northwestern Quebec.The property consists of 111 contiguous claims in three blocks and is held under option by juniors Murgor Resou…

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ALUMINIUM: LME settlements US$1,372.50 per tonne (Oct. 29, 1996), alloy US$1,250 per tonne (Oct. 25, 1996).ANTIMONY: Composite free market, US$2,050 per tonne (Oct. 29, 1996).BISMUTH: Composite free m…

The Great Depression of the 1930s still evokes images of soup lines, stock-market casualties, bankruptcies and mortgage foreclosures, topped off by one of the worst droughts in Canadian history.Canada…

Indochina Goldfields (ING-T) intends to reduce capital costs and speed up construction at its Monywa open-pit copper project in central Myanmar.The company hopes to cut costs by about US$35 million by…

Junior IMPACT Minerals (IPT-V) has entered into two separate option agreements with Energold Mining (EGD-V) on properties in the Dominican Republic.IMPACT can earn a 60% interest in the Majagual conce…

Junior Golden Bear Minerals (GB-V) is encouraged by results from an 8-hole drill program on the Beruang Mas South project in southern Sumatra, Indonesia.In addition, a closely spaced geophysical progr…

Ecstall Mining (EAM-V) has resolved its differences with partner Inmet Mining (IMN-T) concerning the Gataga joint venture in north-central British Columbia by negotiating an option to increase its int…

Base metal miner Noranda (NOR-T) plans to invest a total of $212 million in five capital projects in Quebec.The company’s copper operations will receive $142 million, while $70 million will be spent a…

Robin Slaughter appointed president and chief executive officer.