Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Robert Tsuida appointed director.

Mining executive John Ralph Needham died recently in Toronto. He was 64. Needham was best known as a founding member of the Ontario Mining Equipment and Services for Export (OMESE), which was establis…

Drilling is expected to resume shortly on Mountain Beaver Resources’ (CDN) Figuery base metal property near Amos, Que. The property contains the Figuery deposit which has preliminary reserves of 386,7…

After compiling results from the past year’s drilling on the Polaris-Taku property in northwestern British Columbia, preliminary estimates of probable and possible reserves have been boosted to 2.85 m…

Fuelled by higher third-quarter earnings and investor enthusiasm related to the U.S. presidential election, shares of many of the major mining companies posted healthy gains during the week ended Nov….

Trading activity on western markets picked up a little steam during the report period ended at noon, Nov. 4, largely because of investor interest in companies active in diamond exploration. The Vancou…

Gold Funds as of Nov. 3 BGR Central Net Value $8.05 $5.09 Price $6.75 $4.80 Discount 16.13% 5.7% Value $46,963,000 $80,756,640…

Nov.3 Nov.2 Oct.30 Oct.29 Oct.28 High Low Composite”300″3361.64 3379.04 3336.12 3336.01 3334.71 4009.47 3009.91 Metals&Minerals 2780.62 2794.69 2772.11 2753.63 2745.96 3453.06 2502.63 Integrated Mines…

At least 16 new zones requiring follow-up exploration were identified by Newhawk Gold Mines (TSE) during this year’s surface exploration program on the Bruceside project at the Sulphurets property in …

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $336.90 – $1.30 Silver* $ 3.80 + $0.03 Platinum* $355.25 – $1.25 Nickel** $ 2.66 – $0.12 Lead** $ 0.21 – $0.02 Copper $ 1.02 $0.00 Zinc $ 0.49 – $0.01 Courtesy of Scotia…

A private placement with major shareholder Gwalia Consolidated will provide up to US$1.37 million for Consolidated Nevada Goldfields (TSE). Gwalia agreed to purchase a minimum of 1.82 million and up t…

Sales of potash during the first nine months of 1992 totalled almost 3.1 million tonnes, compared with three million tonnes during the same period last year, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (TSE) reports…