Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Keylock Resources (ASE) intends to earn a half interest in the Gordon Lake gold property 100 km northeast of Yellowknife, N.W.T. To do so, the company will issue the vendor 200,000 common shares and s…

The industrialization of China is likely to be the most significant economic development of the 1990s. To date, China’s manufacturing boom has had a far more positive impact on copper than on any othe…

Victor Coulthard and Larry McLean appointed directors.

— 1994 — Apr 5 Apr 4 Apr 1 Mar 31 Mar 30 High Low Composite”300″ 4273.29 4230.10 N/A 4329.62 4313.91 4609.93 3518.31 Metals&Minerals 3616.35 3577.51 N/A 3618.55 3603.56 3879.59 3495.59 Integrated Mi…

London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne Date April 5 April 4 April 1 Mar. 31 Mar. 30 Copper 1892-1893 N/A N/A 1876-1877 1876-1877 Lead 442.5-443.5 N/A N/A 444.5-445.5 448.5-449.5 Zi…

Beleaguered Westmin Resources (TSE) suffered a net loss of $27 million in 1993, compared with a loss of $18.1 million in the previous year. The results were affected by an ongoing labor dispute at its…

In 1993, Placer Dome’s (TSE) share of gold production totaled 1.8 million oz. at an average cash production cost of US$184 per oz., compared with US$189 in the previous year. The company’s share of pr…

Junior CopperQuest (CDN) has finished drilling two Ontario properties and plans to carry out work in Saskatch-ewan as well. In Kidd Twp., north of Timmins, CopperQuest and joint-venture partner Regal …

Billed as “the next international trade opportunity,” Canadians are beginning to pay attention to the new Mercosur trading bloc — the trade initiative of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay — an…

Construction of a vat leach plant near Tureremo, in Venezuela’s Kilometre 88 gold area, should soon be under way and be operational by this spring, NovaGold Resources (TSE) reports. Featuring low capi…

It is oft-forgotten that Cuba’s economy did not enter the current crisis in good trim. Between 1986 and 1990, Cuba’s gross social product (GSP) declined by an average of 0.2% per annum, while populati…

Central America continues to attract Canadian mining companies with offers of comparatively relaxed regulation and taxation, along with above-average geological potential. Countries such as Panama, Ni…