Articles by Northern Miner Staff

So much for the so-called Christmas doldrums. Investors and traders don’t appear to be taking any time off prior to the Christmas break, judging from the wild action on western markets. The Vancouver …

Gold Funds as of Dec. 21 BGR Central Net Value $15.73 $6.53 Price $14.75 $7.125 Premium 9.1% Discount 6.22% Value $88,098,000 $128,957,513…

Shares of Central Fund of Canada have begun trading on the American Stock Exchange. A registration statement, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, covers 1.3 million A shares which …

A new property agreement effectively removes the deadline hanging over the Fish Lake copper-gold property southwest of Williams Lake, B.C. To acquire the property, Taseko Mines (VSE) will pay Cominco …

Having arranged to acquire the remaining portion of Falconbridge Gold (TSE) that it does not own, Kinross Gold (TSE) is well on its way to achieving its goal of becoming a medium-sized gold producer b…

Bolivar Goldfields (VSE) can acquire a gold concession previously worked by local miners in the Chicanan district of Venezuela. The 2,000-hectare Nena concession is south of a gold discovery made by G…

Private company Noveder of Rouyn-Noranda, Que., has signed a letter of intent to acquire the Nugget Pond gold property in northern Newfoundland. Nugget Pond is owned by Toronto-based Bitech (ASE) and …

Having completed geophysics and soil sampling, Manor Resources (ASE) plans to begin drilling at its Virginia gold property near Gander, Nfld. The surveys identified four zones of potential mineralizat…

Junior Corner Bay Minerals (TSE) can acquire two concessions in the famed San Francisco del Oro-Santa Barbara mining district in Mexico. The area totals 369 hectares and is near Parral, in the state o…

Having moved ball mills onto its Costa Rican gold property, Green Line Business Stores (CDN) expects to begin production. The company is planning 60-day production test at 100 tons per day. It also pl…

The so-called “underground economy” is estimated to be about one-fifth the size of its legitimate counterpart. Considering that the average Canadian pays 45% of his or her salary in various taxes (inc…

On Dec. 3, the Resident Geologist’s office in Wawa became a historical artifact of the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. In spite of the valuable contribution it was making to explor…