Articles by Northern Miner Staff


Metal Prices (March 11, 1996)

FREE MARKETLondon Metal ExchangeSpot closing prices in $US per tonneDateMarch 4 March 3 March 1Feb 29 Feb 28Copper2587-2590 2597-2600 2569-2572 2531-2532 2521-2523Lead757-758 772.5-773.5 767….


Chislett, Verbiski named PDAC’s top prospectors

In a year that saw Voisey’s Bay turn the eyes of the world’s mining industry toward Canada, it comes as little surprise that the men responsible for its discovery are being formally recognized by thei…


Meetings (March 11, 1996)

March 18, Madrona — annual, general, specialMarch 19, Citadel Gold — annualMarch 19, Credo Mining — annual, general, specialMarch 19, Eaglecrest — annual, generalMarch 19, New North — specialMarc…


Noranda concludes Yamana earn-in

Noranda Mining & Exploration (a unit of Toronto-listed Noranda) has notified Yamana Resources (TSE) that it has elected to terminate the earn-in agreement on the Tierra del Fuego massive sulphide proj…


JAG eyes Mint tailings

An agreement with a numbered Ontario company will give JAG Mines (ME) a half interest in a project to reprocess refinery tailings from the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa.Mint waste discharged into Nepe…


Diamond valuation is in for Namco

Diamonds recovered from the Luderitz Bay project of Namco (VSE) have been valued by a leading international firm of diamond assessors.A total of 1,296 stones, approximately half of the total recovered…



Pangea picks up Malian licence area

Having optioned its Tanzanian projects to several major mining houses, Pangea Goldfields (TSE) is acquiring interests elsewhere in Africa.The company has acquired 20 prospecting licences in Uganda. Th…


Placer Dome options Sterling

The U.S. subsidiary of Placer Dome (TSE) has signed a property agreement with Cathedral Gold (TSE) and Imperial Metals (TSE), owners of 90% and 10%, respectively, of the Sterling mine in Nevada.The ag…


Solitario exploration turns up mixed results

Exploration work has enabled Solitario Resources (TSE) to increase the size of its Bongara zinc deposit in northern Peru.The open-pit prospect is estimated to contain 1.9 million tonnes of oxide mater…


Sirios hits zinc, gold in Quebec

Drilling on its Escale property in north-central Quebec, Sirios Resources (ME) has discovered both gold and zinc mineralization.Mineralized iron formations with pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite and pyrite wer…


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