Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Among the mining companies scrambling for land positions in Cuba are several new players, the latest being Caribgold Mines. The Barbados-based private company is headed by David Bell, well-known consu…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US55.75-56.75 cents per lb. (Aug. 12, 1993). ANTIMONY: MW New York dealer US76-80 cents per lb. (June 10, 1993). BISMUTH: MW New York dealer US$2.35-2.70 per lb. (June 11, 199…

* Cuba has a population of about 11 million and a total land mass of 110,922 sq. km. It comprises the Island of Cuba (the largest in the Caribbean), the Isle of Youth and 1,600 keys and tiny islands. …

At its annual meeting in Toronto, growing gold producer Greenstone Resources (TSE) introduced its new management team. Presenting themselves to shareholders were Chairman Hugh Snyder and President Pet…

Reconnaissance work in Peru has led to the discovery of a large gold-copper-bearing porphyry zone outside and to the east of the Rio Oro property. Altai Resources (TSE) says the zone has a visible len…

By paying US$5 million, Franco-Nevada Mining (TSE) and Euro-Nevada Mining (TSE) have jointly acquired a 4-9% net smelter return on the Dee mine and 5,000 surrounding acres in northern Nevada. The roya…

Ontario may soon have its first gold mine since 1989. A $12-million underground exploration program at the Holloway project, 60 km east of here, is nearing completion. And partners Hemlo Gold Mines (T…

By acquiring mining and smelting assets, Metall Mining (TSE) plans to establish itself further as a major, integrated copper producer. President Klaus Zeitler says the company is considering acquiring…

Having read the editorial “Silence is not golden” (T.N.M., Aug. 16/93) which referred to ongoing diamond exploration, I, as a highly successful mine-making prospector, offer the following advice. Init…

Production at the Joe Mann gold mine near Chibougamau, Que., dropped sharply, and operating costs rose significantly, during the first half of the year. Campbell Resources (TSE) reports output of 27,2…

Tim Brock elected director and appointed president, CEO and CFO; Les Brownlie, Stafford Kelly, Tom Dean and Jim Billingsley elected directors; Martin Holt appointed director.

Second-quarter earnings of Royal Oak Mines (TSE) increased to $2.9 million this year from $740,000 in the same period a year ago. The company produced 70,369 oz. gold at a cash cost of US$311 per oz. …