Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Kenneth Robertson appointed director.

Christen Dempster and David Fox appointed directors.

Kristina Ilic appointed president; Kay Jessel and brenda Ilic appointed directors.

Yasuo Arai appointed director.

Jack Capstick appointed director.

R. Angus appointed director.

London Metal Exchange (LME) prices and stocks continue to preoccupy investors, investment funds, speculators, scrap merchants, producers and consumers, all legitimate buyers and sellers of metal contr…

Shareholders of Osborne and Chappel Goldfields (TSE) have approved the issuance of a US$1-million debenture to Zebrex Holdings, the largest shareholder of Osborne and Chappel (OCG). Zebrex increased i…

Recent drilling on Wye Resources’ (CDN) Saganaga Lake gold property, about 70 miles west of Thunder Bay, Ont., has intersected gold values of up to 0.53 oz. over narrow widths. Results of three shallo…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $343.40 – $0.60 Silver* $ 4.03 – $0.01 Platinum* $378.50 + $11.90 Nickel** $ 3.40 + $0.17 Lead** $ 0.28 + $0.03 Copper $ 1.11 + $0.05 Zinc $ 0.61 + $0.02 Courtesy of Sco…

Open pit mine operators in British Columbia have fine-tuned their cost-cutting skills to an art. Faced with soft metal prices and rising costs, they survive and prosper by their wits as much as by th…

If mine decommissioning is Issue No. 1 for the mining industry, Rio Algom’s and Denison’s Elliot Lake, Ont. mines will likely become Reclamation Sites No. 1 in terms of public scrutiny. Denison and Ri…