Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A stagnant gold price, coupled with continuing weakness in the price of the Canadian dollar, limited the Toronto Stock Exchange to a small gain over the 5-day report period ended Jan. 10. The composit…

W. Hayes appointed president and chief executive officer.

Lynn Pirozzoli appointed vice-president of environmental services and regulatory affairs.

Several years ago, my wife and I had the unusual pleasure of visiting the Atlin district in the northwestern corner of British Columbia. We travelled by vehicle down a dusty country road along the sho…

Beginning in June, financial markets in Canada will adopt a faster system for settling securities trades. The change, which will see most equity and bond trades settled in three days instead of five, …

Garold Sprindler appointed vice-president and officer.

Markets opened the year in good shape, with base metal prices, in particular, continuing to inch upwards. The metal price upsurge reflects burgeoning demand by consumers in most markets. Europe and Ja…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US93.5 cents-94.5 per lb. (Dec. 30, 1994). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US$2.80-2.90 per lb. (Dec. 2, 1994). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$3.90-4.10 per lb. (Dec. 23, 1994). …

Junior El Bravo Gold Mining (VSE) has agreed to acquire the Chanaral copper concession in northern Chile through the reverse-takeover of the Chilean company Southern Cross S.A. The number of shares to…

An option agreement enables Canadian Mining Resources (ASE) to gain a stake in the Lynx Lake gold property held by Leeward Capital (VSE). Canadian can earn a 40% working interest by issuing 50,000 sha…

A deal has been signed enabling Aronos Multinational (CDN) to acquire three claims in Mexico’s Sonora state. The vendor will retain a 2% net smelter return royalty. The 448-hectare property, known as …

Accidents at two gold mines, the Giant in the Northwest Territories and the Casa Berardi in Quebec, claimed the lives of two miners early in the new year. At the Giant mine of Royal Oak Mines (TSE) in…