Articles by Northern Miner Staff

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. market US60.25-60.75 cents per lb. (June 4, 1992). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US80-85 cents per lb. (May 21, 1992). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$2.40-2.65 per lb. (May 21, 1992). CADMI…

Semi-monthly reports as of June 15, showed 25,063,844 shares of 606 issues compared with 25,236,666 shares of 587 issues on May 31. Larger individual positions included: Aber Res. 226,200, up 56,100; …

Like most junior gold miners, Queenston Mining (TSE) is feeling the pinch of that metal’s low price and is now getting very much involved in copper. For years this company’s activities have centred ar…

Toronto-based junior Spirit Lake Explorations (ME) is set to spend $1.5 million to extract a 1,500-ton bulk sample from its Edwards gold property northwest of Wawa, Ont. With 100,000 tons of grade 0.5…

After years of cutbacks in search of improved productivity, only the best of the best are left among the ranks of mining professionals — or at least that’s the optimistic view. Others say those left …

Freewest Resources (TSE) director Robert Buttars profited recently by exercising stock options and then selling the shares at a substantial premium to the exercise price. According to the Ontario Secu…

Some people call J. Patrick Sheridan a genius. Others refer to him in more colorful terms. However you describe him, there’s no disputing he has done well for himself. The latest major deal for the “m…

In order to raise funding for a feasibility study on the Bajo de la Alumbrera copper-gold property in Argentina, International Musto Exploration (VSE) recently filed a preliminary prospectus for a com…

Toronto-based Sudbury Contact Mines (CDN) is currently drilling on ground held by Panthco Resources (CDN) as part of an exploration drive to find more kimberlite pipes around Kirkland Lake, Ont. In or…

Management and 105 employees at St Andrew Goldfields (TSE) have seen their fair share of setbacks since the Stock Twp. gold mine was brought into production in July, 1989. But after finding some unexp…

While certainly not out of the woods yet, Denison Mines (TSE) isn’t looking like quite the basket case it was when hard-driving Bill James took over its reins. This former Cinderella stock that enjoye…

De Beers, which markets more than 80% of the world’s rough gem diamonds, says the supply of quality stones could be exhausted by the end of the century if the demand for gemstones maintains its histor…