Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A surface exploration program is being planned by Teck (TSE) for its recently optioned Mount Alcock project, 23 km from Ware in northern British Columbia. The major elected to exercise an option to ea…

Although Curragh Resources (TSE) will likely survive the Westray coal mine disaster in Nova Scotia, it will emerge from the wreckage with a severely damaged reputation in the eyes of investors and cre…

Lighter than air and colorless, methane is abundant in nature. It is the main component of natural gas and it is a common accompaniment of coal. While the gas is typically odorless, the commercial pro…

A phase-three, 2-hole drilling program on Fort Knox Gold Resources’ (TSE) Fawcett Twp. property near Shining Tree, Ont., has returned weak copper-nickel mineralization from the south grid. Hole SG-12 …

A slight decline in metal prices in March didn’t prevent Scotiabank’s commodity price index from recording a small gain of 0.8%. Stronger forestry prices and a small gain in energy prices offset decli…

Gold prices have dropped partly because of dumping on the world market, including by the owners of the fraud-riddled Bank of Credit and Commerce International, says Cambior (TSE) President Louis Gigna…

Since the May 9 Westray mine disaster at Plymouth, N.S., rocked the nation, there has been no shortage of critics to say the mine should never have been opened. Everyone is suddenly an expert who beli…

The article “Canada has dismal record for return on gold” (T.N.M., March. 30/92) by Virginia Heffernan caused me to shake a negative head and pick up pen. Although I was weaned (1934-36) as a sampler …

With a sharp eye on costs, Falconbridge Gold (TSE) will be turning more and more to southern Africa (especially Zimbabwe) for its expanding exploration and production. “Regrettably, the company has re…

As rescue workers pulled more bodies from the depths of the Westray coal mine in Nova Scotia today, May 13, Curragh Resources continued its free fall, dropping 5 cents to $3.10. The latest decline fol…

Western markets continued a trend of general weakness during the period ended May 12, with the Vancouver composite index sliding by more than five points to finish at 615.71. The resource index sat un…

Semi-monthly reports as of April 30, showed 25,039,057 shares of 599 issues compared with 26,377,283 shares of 619 issues on April 15. Larger individual positions included: Amax Gold 18,400, down 103,…