Articles by Northern Miner Staff

More and more, Canadian miners are involving themselves in projects abroad. Trips outside the country this year by staff members of The Northern Miner included to Mexico, Miami, South Dakota, Alaska, …

Looking back over 1992, one is reminded of the potential for spectacular gains on western markets. The Vancouver Stock Exchange resource index posted an almost 50% increase to 667.08 points by the end…

Surface geophysical work at the Trendline property owned by Cathedral Gold (TSE) outlined a deep target which the company plans to drill test this month. Cathedral staked the 1,900-acre property earli…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $332.30 – $0.20 Silver* $ 3.66 – $0.04 Platinum* $356.50 – $3.00 Nickel** $ 2.64 $0.00 Lead** $ 0.21 $0.00 Copper $ 1.03 + $0.01 Zinc $ 0.48 $0.00 Courtesy of Scotiabank…

Strike Minerals (CDN) has purchased one dozen 16-claim units covering 7,680 acres in Amyot, Browning, Ogilvie and Sheard twps., 10 miles southwest of Shining Tree, Ont. Strike says it acquired the gro…

A grassroots mining campaign from northern Ontario captured the attention of many in 1992, and in particular that of the provincial government. Premier Bob Rae, Mines Minister Shelley Martel and other…

No new greenfield copper smelters, including those currently planned or under construction, are required in the Western World until the end of the 1990s, according to a recent report prepared by Briti…

BGR Central Net Value $7.95 $5.04 Price $6.25 $4.50 Discount 21.42% 10.7% Value $45,301,000 $75,709,350.

If the economic recovery does not gather more momentum in 1993, it appears unlikely that base metal prices will show much improvement over their depressed 1992 levels. After sharp drops in October and…

Several massive sulphide intersections have been reported by Challenger Minerals (VSE) on its Marshall Lake base metal property 150 miles northeast of Thunder Bay, Ont. In a recently completed program…

Ongoing work on the South Kemess gold-copper property in north-central British Columbia is expected to advance the project to prefeasibility status by April. El Condor Resources (VSE), operator and 60…

The total value of stock traded on the Montreal Exchange increased by 16% in 1992 over 1991, compared with an increase of 13% of equity value traded for the Canadian market as a whole, preliminary fig…