Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Stormy weather on major Canadian stock, bond and currency markets had only a limited effect on the Vancouver Stock Exchange composite index, which posted a 1.5% drop to 1,122.38. The resource index, o…

Three years ago, a unit of Placer Dome (TSE) formed a joint venture with Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana (CVG) to evaluate Las Cristinas, a group of properties in Venezuela’s Kilometre 88 district. …

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) of Washington, D.C., approved $6 billion in 1993 for projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. Created in 1959, the bank has approved more than $60 billion…

The march toward reform, democratic and economic, continues throughout Latin America. The pace of the reform movement may be uneven — the Brazilian economy appears to be standing on shaky legs and Cu…

Having completed a due diligence review, Cheni Gold Mines (TSE) has declined to bring to production the Summit Lake gold property near Stewart, B.C. A former producer, Summit Lake was owned by Tenajon…

Graphite-producer Applied Carbon Technology is seeking funding to augment working capital. The Toronto-listed company has enlisted an investment banking firm to identify potential merger and acquisiti…

Partners Consolidated Oasis Resources (ME) and Soquem have drilled three holes in a second phase of drilling on their Fancamp gold project, near Chibougamau, Que. The drilling was carried out on the N…

Long thought of as a country with considerable unexplored copper potential, Argentina is providing some glimmer of hope for foreign investors seeking exploration properties. Copper has always been a m…

So far this year, those metal sectors that themselves consume metals seem to have excaped the problems affecting the stock and bond areas. Companies in the steel, alloys and stainless sectors are all …

Trading losses of US$200 million on the futures markets were estimated earlier this year by Chile’s Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer. According to reports, a trader on the London Metals Ex…

The new Chilean government is considering restructuring Codelco to make it more responsive to the markets. A proposal calls for the transformation of Codelco into a holding company and the creation of…

Nebex Resources (ASE) is planning more drilling on its Daigle Lake gold property near Yellowknife, N.W.T. It will focus on the MLT zone, which is part of the Shear 20 structure. MLT is 2,000 ft. long …