Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A letter of intent to explore for massive sulphides near the town of Cobalt, Ont., has been signed by project partners Starmin Mining (TSE) and Hellens Eplett Mining with Falconbridge. Falconbridge ma…

To finance the acquisition of the remaining interest in the Goldex gold deposit in Quebec, Goldex Mines (TSE) has issued 1.78 million flow-through shares at $1.15 to parent Agnico-Eagle Mines (TSE). T…

In connection with an issuer bid by its subsidiary DCC Equities to its minority shareholders, Dundee Bancorp (TSE) plans to reduce its direct and indirect investments in Black Hawk Mining (TSE), Break…

Placer Dome the gold producer has resolved to become Placer Dome the gold-copper producer. The shift recognizes there is money to be made in future years from copper, a building block for world develo…

A grant of $3,500 goes to the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum’s Mineral Economics Society, says Ontario’s Northern Development and Mines Minister Shelley Martel. “The society su…

An all-day workshop on practical diamond exploration in North America will take place March 27 at Toronto’s Royal York Hotel in conjunction with the 1993 convention of the Prospectors and Developers A…

Stewart Jackson appointed president.

Canadian mining companies are involved in the search for diamonds both at home and abroad: N.W.T. and Alberta — Minerais Barexor (ME) and Nevsun Resources (VSE) have reached an agreement whereby Nevs…

Shaken by a selloff of the Edper Bronfman stocks, including Noranda, The Toronto Stock Exchange’s 300 composite index managed a gain of only 10 points during the week ended Feb. 2. Even though Noranda…

Western markets continued to charge ahead during the period ended Feb. 2, posting a number of successive new highs not seen for more than two and a half years. The Vancouver Stock Exchange composite i…

BGR Central Net Value $8.11 $5.05 Price $5.75 $4.40 Discount 29.09% 12.9% Value $45,420,000 $74,026,920.

Feb.2 Feb.1 Jan.29 Jan.28 Jan.27 High Low Composite”300″3321.83 3310.92 3305.47 3307.92 3311.64 4009.47 3009.91 Metals&Minerals 2774.96 2765.51 2773.54 2782.42 2806.21 3453.06 2502.63 Integrated Mines…