Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Concurrent with a change in control, Gold City Resources (ASE) hopes to revive the old Camp McKinney property near Bridesville, B.C. Control of Gold City recently changed to John Chapman, Mel Smale an…

In a surge which reflects signs of improving industrial activity in continental Europe, the Bank of Nova Scotia’s commodity price index jumped 7.2% in May. All sub-indexes increased, with base metals …

— From a speech by John Carrington, outgoing president of Brunswick Mining and Smelting, at the company’s annual meeting: By many standards, Brunswick Mining and Smelting is straightforward and uncom…

From coast to coast, Canada has never known such mineral wealth from combined copper, gold, silver and cobalt reserves as that which is indicated in the northwest corner of British Columbia. The inves…

Semi-monthly reports as of Jun 30, 1994 showed 249,548,306 shares of 870 issues compared with 248,555,294 shares of 866 issues on Jun 15, 1994. Larger individual positions included: Aber 51,200, down …

Although the junior has expressed encouragement over drill results from its Venezuelan properties, shares of Vengold (TSE) took a tumble, dropping $2.25 to close at $5.50, following news of the result…

A week and a half after Royal Oak Mines (TSE) made its widely publicized, hostile takeover bid, the management of Lac Minerals (TSE) has responded with a scathing critique of the offer. Speaking at a …

Underground test mining is returning both revenue and positive results from the company’s Siwash North gold deposit in southern British Columbia. Owner Fairfield Minerals (TSE) recently sold more than…

A second stage of prefeasibility drilling is under way on the Gaby joint venture in Ecuador. Ecuadorian Minerals (ASE) is earning a 35% interest in any oxide resource outlined and a half interest in a…

Five new holes drilled at MSV Resources’ (ME) Cedar Bay mine have encountered significant gold and copper values. The holes were drilled between the 3,000 and 3,300 levels toward the Cedar Bay mine fr…

Additional funds are now in hand for continued exploration of La Fortuna, a gold-copper property in Mexico’s Durango state. Owner San Fernando Mining (VSE) has completed a private placement of 1.9 mil…

Based on drilling and trenching results, Bolivar Goldfields (VSE) estimates an initial resource of 700,000 oz. gold for its Tomi concession in Venezuela’s Bolivar state. Most of this is contained in h…