Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Keith Mattson appointed director.

A special meeting of common and preferred shareholders of Faraday Resources (TSE) is to be held on Oct. 30 to consider extending the conversion privilege attached to Faraday’s series A first preferenc…

Agreements with a private company and the venture capital arm of a chartered bank to acquire the 50% interest in Mc-Kendry Quarries Ltd. it does not already own have been reached, Midas Minerals (TSE)…

Apparently little affected by constitutional matters, the dollar or interest rates, the Vancouver Stock Exchange drifted lower during the week ended Oct. 6, with the composite index losing 6.99 points…

BGR Central Net Value $8.45 $5.18 Price $7.00 $5.00 Discount 17.17% 3.5% Value $49,547,000 $84,121,500…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $349.50 + $0.50 Silver* $ 3.75 – $0.02 Platinum* $359.00 – $8.50 Nickel** $ 3.01 – $0.02 Lead** $ 0.25 – $0.02 Copper $ 1.03 – $0.03 Zinc $ 0.54 – $0.04 Courtesy of Scot…

Gold and diamond stocks managed to hold their own amid the volatility that gripped North American financial markets during the week ended Oct. 6. Spurred on by major buyers looking for a safe investme…

Incentive term loans from two Ontario government agencies totalling $1 million have been made available to Jarvis Resources (VSE) to establish a marble cutting and polishing facility near Sudbury, Ont…

London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Oct. 6 Oct. 5 Oct. 2 Oct. 1 Sept. 30 Copper 1322-1323 1313-1314 1331-1332 1319-1320 …

A private placement has increased Glimmer Resources’ (VSE) issued shares to 2.1 million and raised enough money for the company to maintain its 40% interest in the Beatty-Hislop gold project in northe…

Semi-monthly reports as of September 30 showed 28,399,927 shares of 560 issues compared with 28,383,779 shares of 566 issues on September 15. Larger individual positions included: Aber Res. 50,200, do…

Hedley Pacific Mining Corp. Ltd. (HED:VSE) has changed its name to Hedley Pacific Ventures Ltd. (HED:VSE) with no consolidation in capital. The transfer agent is Montreal Trust.