Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Additional drill results from the Lorraine property in central British Columbia have returned encouraging copper intersections for Lysander Gold (VSE).Lysander owns the property, subject to a 60% back…

The Superfund program in the U.S. has been under fire for some time, and the heat may be turned up in a new book that is expected to be published in 1996.The manuscript, tentatively titled Moving Yard…

Canadian exploration spending is on the rise, but before our politicians get too excited and start taking credit for the turnaround, it should be pointed out that this surge in spending probably has m…

Plagued, in recent years, by a lack of investment caused by political upheaval, the Russian copper industry now appears to be recovering.A report co-authored by the Metal Bulletin Research (MBR) and R…

Preliminary sampling by Atna Resources (VSE) on three properties held by YGC Resources (VSE) in the southern Yukon is returning some interesting numbers.The Argus, Money and Wolf-Lynx claims are three…

Partners Portman Explorations (VSE) and Tapestry Ventures (VSE) report anomalous base metal values from the fourth hole on their ANAK-1 property, 13 miles northwest of the Voisey Bay deposit in Labrad…

Metals remain stagnant, characterized by rumors, opinions, volatile prices and slowly tightening inventories, but little news that could be characterized as seriously negative.It appears likely that d…

London Metal ExchangeSpot closing prices in $US per tonneDateOct. 24 Oct. 23 Oct. 20 Oct. 19 Oct. 18Copper2805-2810 2760-27652760-27652745-27502700-2705Lead689.5-691.5 669-671650-651 648-65…

Banff Resources (VSE) intends to buy all the issued and outstanding shares of Kasese Cobalt owned by the LaSource Group, a member of Australian-listed Normandy Mining Group.The LaSource Group has a 55…

Drills continue to turn on the Project 61 joint venture of NDT Ventures (VSE) and Takla Star Resources (ASE), about 7 km southwest of the Diamond Fields discovery in Labrador. The companies drilled th…

Montreal-listed Dynacor Mines has identified a gold-mineralized corridor on its Lake Sakami property near Quebec’s James Bay shore.The corridor is nearly 8 km long and, on average, 5-10 metres wide. I…

The Polo Sur copper property, northeast of Antofagasta, Chile, will be sold to the Chilean affiliate of Magma Copper (NYSE). Owners Cambior (TSE) and Cambiex (ME) will receive US$3 million and retain …