Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Rene Carrier appointed president.

Rene Carrier appointed president.

Robert Hunter appointed director and chairman; Robert Dickinson appointed director.

James Gillis appointed president.

Peter Cheesbrough elected senior vice-president, finance.

Frank Scott appointed director and acting chairman.

A mining heritage theme park, which would house the Canadian Mining of Fame, has been proposed for Cobalt, Ont. Gino Chitaroni, whose family has owned and operated a tourism business in the historical…

The Commodity Exchange of New York (Comex) began trading 5-day copper options earlier this month. The short-dated option contract, a means for investors to manage short-term price risk, complements Co…

Results are awaited from several summer drilling programs in the Lac de Gras region of the Northwest Territories. But considering the turnaround time for processing core samples, it is likely the bulk…

Trading activity on the Vancouver Stock Exchange has entered the summer slowdown, though a surge in private placement financings is providing a boost. More than $551 million has been raised through th…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $372.85 – $8.50 Silver* $ 4.69 – $0.10 Platinum* $388.00 – $5.25 Nickel** $ 2.08 – $0.11 Lead** $ 0.17 – $0.01 Copper $ 0.87 – $0.01 Zinc $ 0.39 $0.00 Courtesy of Scotia…

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…