Articles by Northern Miner Staff

William Kraus appointed director; Robin Lockhart appointed chief financial officer.

Nickel miner Inco was one of three recipients of the first International Great Blue Heron Award from the North American Waterfowl Management Plan. The award, for outstanding contribution to conservati…

A writer in Victoria, B.C., is planning a book about women who have lived in Canada’s North. “There are many women I have encountered who have unusual and interesting stories and experiences to tell a…

George Cooper appointed president.

Raul Madrid appointed president.

Michael Bates appointed president, Lac North America.

John Azlant elected senior vice-president, corporate development.

J. Potvin appointed director.

Information-starved investors received additional results from ongoing exploration at the Lac de Gras camp in the Northwest Territories. The joint venture of Dia Met Minerals (TSE) and BHP Minerals re…

A US$8.75 runup in the price of the yellow metal over the course of the report week pushed the senior gold equities higher once again. Typical of the gold group were American Barrick, up $1.50 to just…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $385.90 + $8.75 Silver* $ 5.10 + $0.14 Platinum* $385.25 + $8.50 Nickel** $ 2.35 + $0.09 Lead** $ 0.21 + $0.01 Copper $ 0.78 + $0.02 Zinc $ 0.44 – $0.01 Courtesy of Scot…

— Week — Dec 14 Dec 13 Dec 10 Dec 9 Dec 8 High Low Composite”300″ 4244.43 4293.38 4280.30 4290.63 4307.67 4307.70 4243.53 Metals&Minerals 3473.35 3551.97 3497.71 3483.08 3515.57 3557.08 3468.53 Inte…