Articles by Northern Miner Staff


METAL PRICES — FREE MARKET (February 15, 1993)

London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Feb. 9 Feb. 8 Feb. 5 Feb. 4 Feb. 3 Copper 1562-1563 1559-1560 1534-1535 1538-1539 15…


New corporate look for South Atlantic

A recently completed debt swap and a private placement increases Adolf Lundin’s interest in South Atlantic Ventures (VSE) to 62.5%, or about 15.3 million shares. The company, along with 30% joint vent…


INSIDER TRADING — Goldcorp ups stake in juniors

Toronto-based Goldcorp (TSE), which made its early fortunes as a publicly traded company by investing in gold stocks, increased its position in two Canadian juniors recently. According to the Ontario …


Cyprus to drill at Massicotte

A drilling program is scheduled to begin this month on the Massicotte property north of La Sarre, Que., Radisson Mining Resources (ME) reports. Radisson says it has signed an option agreement, subject…


Somerset Island programs planned

About $1 million will be spent this year by several junior companies planning to explore various diamond properties on Somerset Island, N.W.T. This Arctic Islands region was explored by Diapros (a sub…


Favorable results from Talapoosa

Results from a continuing exploration program at the Talapoosa gold property in Nevada have Athena Gold (VSE) confident the project is advancing as planned. Pegasus Gold (TSE), operator of the joint v…


LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — Crowning bullion king

Gold and silver prices may have hit rock bottom in a world with bills due and a designed shortage of paper cash, but “the bottom” is always followed by an upswing. For it to be a permanent upswing, pe…



Pilot project completed at Cigar Lake project

A test phase of mining has been completed by Cigar Lake Mining at its Cigar Lake uranium deposit in northern Saskatchewan. The pilot project demonstrated that the high-grade orebody can be safely mine…


WGM to market Russian expertise

Toronto-based consulting firm Watts, Griffis and McOuat (WGM) has reached a joint venture agreement with Almazy Rossia-Sakha of Russia to provide exclusive diamond exploration and mining services to t…



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