Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Graphite producer Applied Carbon Technology (VSE) is closing its mine and mill near Kearney, Ont. President W.C. Esterly cited financing difficulties and soft graphite prices as the prime reasons, add…

Lac North America, a unit of Lac Minerals (TSE), has optioned a 179-claim property southwest of Matheson, Ont., from Glen Auden Resources (TSE). Lac can earn a 60% interest in the Timmins and Michie T…

CDN-listed Regal Goldfields has acquired 14 mining claims near Kirkland Lake, Ont. In return, it must pay $15,000 cash immediately, spend $25,000 on exploration within one year, deliver 6,000 shares o…

Junior Maude Lake Gold Mines (CDN) is acquiring a 20% interest in properties near Matheson, Ont., previously optioned by Maude to Hecla Mining (NYSE) and Technigen. In return, Maude will issue more th…

Australian base metal miner MIM and its partner International Musto Explorations (TSE) report that 8,000 metres of core drilling has begun on their Bajo de la Alumbrera porphyry gold-copper deposit in…

In a classic case of David taking on Goliath, middle-tier gold producer Royal Oak Mines (TSE) has launched an aggressive takeover bid for senior gold miner Lac Minerals (TSE). A successful takeover wo…

Shareholders of Dia Met Minerals (TSE) have been told that the latest bulk-sampling programs, involving several kimberlites, are providing encouraging results which may lead to development of Canada’s…

Concerned about the environmental consequences of mining in the central Arctic, World Wildlife Fund Canada (WWF) has called for a halt to diamond exploration and mine development in the Northwest Terr…

The presidents of two large international gold producers will speak at the 1994 Canadian Mining Symposium scheduled for Sept. 22 and 23 in Toronto. American Barrick Resources’ Robert Smith will speak …

Kookaburra Resources (TSE) is encouraged by initial results from drilling on the Tacaza copper project in southeastern Peru. The company received results from the first five holes of a 175-hole revers…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US69.5-70.5 cents per lb. (June 23, 1994). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US$1.90-2.25 per lb. (June 30, 1994). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$2.35-2.65 per lb. (Sept. 23, 1993)…

With Parliament in summer recess and worries about Quebec on hold for the time being, the TSE continued its mid-summer rally this past week. On July 12, the 300 index jumped 27.78 points to close the …