Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Western markets remained relatively active during the report period ended noon today, Feb. 24, with investor interest now encompassing more than just diamond exploration activity in the Northwest Terr…

BGR Central Net Value $8.81 $4.99 Price $6.88 $4.75 Discount 21.97% 4.8% Value $49,357,000 $79,915,425.

Week’s Price (US Change Gold* $330.35 – $1.15 Silver* $ 3.60 – $0.11 Platinum* $346.75 – $21.50 Nickel** $ 2.82 + $0.01 Lead** $ 0.19 $0.00 Copper $ 1.00 $0.00 Zinc $ 0.48 $0.00 Courtesy of Scotiabank…

Breckenridge Res. Ltd. 1,000,000 units @ 65 cents per unit where each unit consists of 1 sh and 2 wts. 2 Series A wts to purchase 1 sh. Plus an over-allotment of 150,000 units @ 60.125 cents per unit….

A minimum 2,000 ft. of drilling on the Leeds property near Thetford Mines, Que., will be conducted by Noranda Exploration and Soquem to test the shallow depth potential of zinc mineralization discover…

Semi-monthly reports as of Feb. 15, showed 50,901,585 shares of 622 issues compared with 51,188,527 shares of 567 issues on Jan. 31. Larger individual positions included: Amax Inc. 35,889, up 35,889; …

Effective March 1, Gary Livingstone will become president and chief executive officer of the Mining Association of British Columbia, replacing Tom Waterland who resigned to pursue a new career. Living…

Following a small drilling program on the Montgay property about 55 km northeast of Val d’Or, Que., Teck (TSE) indicated its intention to terminate the option, William Resources (ME) reports. Previous…

Virginia Gold Mines (ME) says it has completed two private placements worth a total of $326,000 with Marleau Lemire Securities Inc. ($150,000) and eight officers of Virginia ($176,000). The placements…

Sixteen Inco (TSE) office workers, including five women, have volunteered to be in the first group to attend the company’s mining school on March 1. Last December, Inco announced that 86 office staff …

The metal and mineral sub-index of Scotiabank’s commodity price index edged up slightly in December, after a sharp decline in November. However, market conditions in early 1993 remain soft. In Japan a…

Recent drilling by Wye Resources (CDN) on its Saganaga Lake property 85 miles west of Thunder Bay, Ont., has encountered further gold mineralization. Three holes totalling 500 ft. were drilled in Dece…