Articles by Northern Miner Staff

It has turned into a rough year for Western Quebec Mines (TSE), but the company, with a small producing gold property near here, is not about to throw in the towel. The junior was hoping to increase p…

Underground developers are gearing up at the Getchell mine in Humboldt Cty., Nev. FirstMiss Gold (NASDAQ) started open-pit, heap-leach operations in 1985 and constructed a mill to process open-pit, su…

Market conditions have forced Inco (TSE) to reduce nickel production at its Canadian operations by 60 million lb. The cutbacks at the Ontario and Manitoba divisions will occur during the December, 199…

The whirlwind of base metals prices is as wild as ever, owing to the sales policies of producers over recent years. Those policies consist of selling all output at the best price the market can provid…

With its corporate restructuring now complete, MinVen Gold is now known as Dakota Mining (TSE). The company eliminated its debt with a US$11-million private placement, leaving about US$7 million in ca…

An initial 2,800-metre drilling program is planned at the San Bernardino gold prospect in Bolivia for October. Orvana Minerals (TSE), which has a 35% interest in the project, said the drilling will te…

When Prairie farmers suffer a devastating drought, the House of Commons immediately erupts. The federal government cannot say enough nor do enough to calm opposition critics. Usually, the net result i…

In “Economic pipes indicated at BHP-Dia Met project” (T.N.M., Sept. 27/93), you write of the BHP-Dia Met group’s apparent decision not to proceed with any further testing of the Point Lake discovery a…

Toronto-listed Repadre Capital has received net proceeds of $17.1 million from its previously announced issue of six million special warrants at $3 each. The final prospectus was recently approved by …

Potentially huge deposits of diamonds, gold and other minerals found during recent geophysical surveys of South Australia have triggered a rush by domestic and overseas exploration companies, governme…

The recent increase in the price of gold, reportedly tied to buying by investment funds, likely helped western markets post modest gains during the week ended Oct. 12. Gold gained more than US$13 duri…

— Week — Oct 12 Oct 11 Oct 8 Oct 7 Oct 6 High Low Composite”300″ 4107.31 N/A 4067.27 4060.79 4055.48 4107.35 4030.59 Metals&Minerals 2950.37 N/A 2914.56 2927.74 2897.14 2951.88 2879.25 Integrated Mi…