ODDS’N’SODS — The nose knows
In the summer of 1961, a mining company hired me, a summer geology student, to assist Bill Mundle in mapping a property that had recently been optioned from a local prospector and his partners.The pro…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
MOST ACTIVE ISSUES, Oct. 23-29
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LME Warehouse Levels (November 04, 1996)
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at Oct.28/96 (change from previous week in brackets):Copper132,350 (-27,000)Tin10,075(+60)Lead117,100(+550)Zinc544,375(-2,725)…
Production levels rise for gold, most base metals
Canadian production of gold, nickel, refined copper and lead in August 1996 rose above levels recorded in the same period last year, whereas output of silver, primary copper and iron were down.Product…
THE DIAMOND PAGE — Redaurum pulls the plug on River Ranch mine
Toronto-based Redaurum (RRK-T) will cease funding the unprofitable River Ranch diamond mine in Zimbabwe.Redaurum subsidiary Cornerstone Investments owns half the project in a joint venture with Auridi…
Gold Funds (November 04, 1996)
Gold Funds as of October 17, 1996BGRCentralNet Value$23.08$6.30Price$18.70…
Bre-X cements “strategic alliance”
As two Indonesian companies and their Australian backer dispute the title to its Busang gold deposit, Bre-X Minerals (BXM-T) has moved to cement a relationship with a powerful friend.Bre-X and spinoff…
Bema, Arizona Star drill Cerro Casale project
The latest deep drilling results from the Cerro Casale project at the Aldebaran property in northern Chile continue to confirm the grade and continuity of the main sulphide gold-copper porphyry body l…
PEOPLE — PENN-GOLD (November 04, 1996)
Don Alejandro Hales J., Robert Rosner and Ashif Jiwa appointed directors.
Gen. Minerals hits high grade
General Minerals (GNM-T) has encountered a previously unknown zone of high-grade massive sulphide mineralization while drifting at the Huang Shui Gou copper-gold project in China.The dipping structure…
PEOPLE — INTERTECH MIN.
Bill Dynes appointed director.
PEOPLE — INT’L STAR (November 04, 1996)
Joe Markevich appointed director.