Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Peter Munk appointed chairman and director; Robert Smith, Howard Beck, C. Birchall, Gregory Wilkins, Andrew Sarlos, Randall Oliphant and Patrick Garver appointed directors.

Vancouver-listed Royalstar Resources has completed the first phase of a bulk-sampling program on its Sloan 2 diatreme in the State Line district, within Colorado’s Laramie Cty. A 3,000-tonne bulk samp…

A strengthening gold sector helped the Toronto Stock Exchange post a modest gain over the 5-day report period ended Sept. 20. The composite 300 index moved up 32.65 points to end the period at 4,376.8…

Western markets managed to gain ground during the report period ended Sept. 20, amid a rising gold price and a general lack of bad news. The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index added 8.65 points …

The history of the Point Lake discovery — a diamondiferous kimberlite, by Dia Met Minerals (TSE) and joint-venture partner BHP Minerals in the fall of 1991 — began with the exploration for indicator…

London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US75.25-76.25 cents per lb. (Sept. 8, 1994). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US$2.35-2.50 per lb. (July 21, 1994). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$3.75-4.25 per lb. (July 28, 1993…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $394.80 + $4.40 Silver* $ 5.67 + $0.21 Platinum* $420.00 + $3.25 Nickel** $ 2.92 – $0.02 Lead** $ 0.28 $0.00 Copper $ 1.14 + $0.01 Zinc $ 0.45 + $0.01 Courtesy of Scotia…

BGR Central Net Value $17.84 $6.76 Price $15.88 $7.25 Premium 7.2 Discount 11.03% Value $144,975,000 $131,219,925…

The board of directors of former uranium producer Denison Mines (TSE) has determined that it cannot redeem (as of Sept. 15) any of its Series B preferred shares and that no payment will be made at thi…

Diamonds were first discovered in Brazil in 1725, and the Latin American country soon replaced India as the most important global source of diamonds. Brazil remained the primary diamond source until t…

Attempts to value exploration properties prior to the actual discovery of a mineral deposit are highly subjective exercises. The foremost problem is to assess the probability that a particular area do…