Articles by Northern Miner Staff

I am one of a group of three independent prospectors who hold potential base metal claims in northwestern Grenfell Twp., near Kirkland Lake, Ont. These claims were the subject of considerable explorat…

The son of a prospector and a native of Cobalt, Ont., Sherman Tough has died. He was 82. His entry into the world of mining came at a young age when he accompanied his father, George, and his uncles i…

The Toronto Stock Exchange 300 composite index dropped 94.36 points March 29 to 4,393.61, its largest single-day loss since Feb. 4. The selloff was triggered by a two-thirds-of-a-percentage-point jump…

As part of an ongoing feasibility study of its Brewery Creek property, Loki Gold (VSE) has released a new estimate of the Yukon project’s geological resource. Based on a cutoff grade of 0.3 grams gold…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US61.25-62.75 cents per lb. (Mar. 17, 1994). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US76-80 cents per lb. (June 10, 1993). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$2.35-2.65 per lb. (Sept. 23, 19…

China is expected to slap a sales levy on domestic and foreign-funded mining firms to curb the growing waste of precious state-owned mineral resources. Song Ruixiang, China’s vice-minister of mining, …

In purchasing Westmont Gold, Consolidated Ramrod Gold (TSE) has acquired interests in several properties in the Carlin Trend of northeastern Nevada. The properties cover more than 15,000 acres and Ram…

Toronto-listed Opawica Explorations is set to acquire privately owned Alex MacIntyre and Associates (AMAL). An agreement in principle calls for Opawica to pay $1.5 million in cash and issue 725,000 co…

In a few weeks, South Africa will stage the first multi-racial election in its history. At this point, it would seem Nelson Mandela and his black African National Congress (ANC) party are headed for v…

Despite the many closures that have already occurred, zinc fundamentals continue to be characterized by gross oversupply. We are concerned that producers are still deciding to increase output and redu…

For many years I have been a subscriber and contributor to The Northern Miner. Your recent editorial “Qualifications please” (T.N.M., March 14/94) left me in shock and dismay. It is a direct attack on…

The last of Placer Development’s early builders, Thomas McClelland, died recently here at his home. He was 84. McClelland earned a mining engineering degree at Berkeley, Calif., and learned the practi…