Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Two holes drilled at the Bend massive sulphide deposit in Taylor County, Wisc., have yielded encouraging copper and gold values for partners Sharpe Energy & Resources (VSE) and Freewest Resources (TSE…

Mining fatalities in the U.S. in 1994 fell to a record low of 84, with 44 fatalities in coal mining and 40 deaths in metal/non-metal mining, according to preliminary Mine Safety and Health Administrat…

Copper prices in 1995 should “exceed the all-time high,” says metals trader Rudolf Wolff & Co. in its Winter Copper Outlook for 1995. The president of Rudolf Wolff in North America, Mo Ahmadzadeh, say…

By the end of this decade, Placer Dome (TSE) expects to be producing gold at a rate of 2.5 million oz. per year, and possibly more, assuming the right acquisitions come along. Company President John W…

Members of the Prospectors Club in Nova Scotia voted recently in favor of a name change: the Nova Scotia Prospectors Association. Douglas Boddy of Lower Five Islands was elected president. He is joine…

Drilling is in progress on the Seri copper-gold property near Hermosillo in Mexico’s Sonora state. To date, Blue Ribbon Resources (VSE) has drilled six holes to test an area measuring 200 by 250 metre…

Montreal-listed Lyon Lake Minerals has concluded an agreement that will see the company more than double the size of its Costa Rican land holdings. Furthermore, the newly acquired concession also host…

Two holes drilled from the new third level of the Sleeping Giant gold mine have confirmed the continuity of Zones 20 and 30 at depth. The mine, found 80 km north of Amos, Que., is owned equally by Aur…

The government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has granted a special mining lease for the Lihir gold project, clearing the way for construction to begin during the second quarter. The project, on Lihir Isla…

Spun off to the public through an initial offering in 1987, Cominco Resources International (TSE) will come full-circle if a proposal to merge with parent company Cominco Ltd. (TSE) is acted upon. Com…

Amid criticism that its current trading system is unfair, the National Association of Securities Dealers in the U.S. has proposed changes to the NASDAQ stock markets, changes which the group says woul…

Substantially higher revenue and earnings were enjoyed by MSV Resources (TSE) in 1994, compared with 1993. Greater production and improved metal recoveries enabled the company to almost double revenue…