Articles by Northern Miner Staff


STOCK MARKETS — All quiet on the western front

Western markets continued to languish over the report period ended Oct. 10. The Vancouver Stock Exchange resource index fell 28.74 points to finish at 1,329.49, while the composite index closed down 2…


Gold Funds (October 16, 1995)

Gold Funds as of October 5BGRCentralNet Value$17.36$6.52Price$13.75$6.500Discount20.81%0.3%Value$135,755,000$117,645,450…


Pentland drill-tests Marlhill

Drilling at the past-producing Marlhill mine near Timmins, Ont., indicates the presence of a sizable quantity of untapped gold beneath the old workings.Six holes drilled by Pentland Firth Ventures (TS…


Spot prices at a glance (October 16, 1995)

Wednesday, October 11, 1995Week’sPrice (US)ChangeGold*$384.70+$2.10Silver*$ 5.42+$0.08Platinum*$415.25-$1.00Nickel**$ 3.49-$0.10Lead**$ 0.27$0.00Copper $ 1.25-$0.05Zinca$ 0.4…


TVI Pacific completes financing

Holders of warrants to buy shares in TVI Pacific (ASE) have exercised 4.9 million of the 5 million outstanding warrants, which expired on Aug. 29.Each warrant entitled the holder to buy one share of T…


Canyon eyes East African property

Canyon Resources (NASDAQ) has signed an exploration agreement with the government of Ethiopia concerning the Megado Serdo gold property.The 60-sq.-km package lies within the Adola greenstone belt, in …


Ecuadorian takes shine to Peru

Ecuadorian Minerals (TSE) can buy several mining concessions in the Peruvian region of Angasmarca, 100 km from the Yanacocha gold district.The Inti property consists of two blocks of concessions total…


Santa Elina, Echo Bay firm up Chapada deposit

Santa Elina Gold (TSE) and Echo Bay Mines (TSE) are stepping up their joint effort to explore for gold deposits in Brazil.Echo Bay will acquire another 4 million shares of Santa Elina, entitling the m…


Int’l FreeGold tests Tolovana

Encouraged by preliminary results from the first round of drilling on the Tolovana property in Alaska’s Fairbanks district, International FreeGold Mineral Development (VSE) is set to begin a second ph…


X-Cal strikes gold in trenches

A trenching program at the Sleeper Extension project in northern Nevada is returning encouraging results for X-Cal Resources (TSE).In Area 1, an 80-ft. trench intersected mineralization grading 0.034 …


New gold zone outlined for Skyline

By reviewing old drill core on the Bronson Slope project in northwestern British Columbia, International Skyline Gold (TSE) has detected what may be a new gold zone.The company has resplit and re-assa…


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