Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Donald Downing appointed president.

Steven Stetsco appointed director.

Ritchie Bogle appointed president; Ralph Klimove, Kenneth Holmes and Helen Baker appointed directors.

James Lenec appointed director.

Michael Ross appointed director.

Eric Friedland appointed chairman and chief executive officer.

Foreign businesses are looking forward to June’s Bolivian presidential elections and the victory of candidate Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, now chief executive of Comsur, the largest private sector minin…

Credit Lyonnais Laing, the London-based bank that has financed Lytton Minerals (TSE), Mill City Gold Mining (ASE) and Texas Star Resources (VSE) in their quest for diamonds, has agreed to provide Pure…

Minnova (TSE) can earn a 60% interest in two base metal properties of Continental Pacific Resources (VSE), near Coronation Gulf, N.W.T. The properties, in the Anialik-High Lake greenstone belts, surro…

Spurred by both gold and diamond issues, the Vancouver Stock Exchange resource index jumped more than 66 points to close at 1,013.45 while the composite index finished up 27.53 points at 883.80. Gold …

Drilling on the Taysan project in the Philippines is confirming expectations of Chase Resource (VSE). Chase is working to identify a higher-grade core of copper-gold mineralization within an estimated…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $349.70 + $10.55 Silver* $ 4.05 + $0.14 Platinum* $374.75 + $5.00 Nickel** $ 2.68 $0.02 Lead** $ 0.19 $0.00 Copper $ 0.85 + $0.01 Zinc $ 0.46 $0.00 Courtesy of Scotiaban…