Articles by Northern Miner Staff

American Barrick Resources (TSE) Vice-President Kenneth Thomas recently earned a substantial profit by exercising options on the Toronto-based gold producer’s stock. According to the Ontario Securitie…

Gold Reserve (NASDAQ) says it is forming a Venezuelan subsidiary, Unicorn Mining, to mine for diamonds and gold. On behalf of Unicorn, Gold Reserve has purchased a Venezuelan company with mining equip…

Ticker Tape Resources Ltd. (TKT:VSE) has changed its name to International Ticker Tape Resources Ltd. (ITR:VSE) with a consolidation of capital on a 1-new-for-3.7-old-share basis. The transfer agent i…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (HG) (in US cents per lb.) Dec 97.60 96.30 97.40 – 0.75 Jan 97.60 96.60 97.70 – 0.30 Feb 97.80 96.50 97.80 – 1.10 SILVER (in US cents per oz…

The amalgamation of Camreco (TSE) and Environmental Technologies Investments is complete. Consequently, the common shares of Camreco have been delisted from The Toronto Stock Exchange and replaced by …

Grades at the Anuiri deposit in Ivory Coast are turning out to be much higher than expected, says Eden Roc Mineral (ASE), which will pour its first gold from the mine by the end of the year. Average g…

The board of Teddy Bear Valley Mines is examining ways to reverse a 1984 share reorganization after determining that the restructuring “failed to meet all legal requirements.” If a plan of arrangement…

Toronto-based Falconbridge is gearing up to spend at least $500,000 in 1992 on ground held by White Star Copper Mines (CDN) west of its Kidd Creek copper mine near Timmins, Ont. After years of discuss…

Shares of Vancouver gold miner Placer Dome hovered close to their annual low during the week ended Dec. 23 as the company delayed a development decision on its Mt. Milligan gold-copper project. The cl…

The holiday season buoyed investors, who turned out in strong numbers during the period ended Dec. 23. Daily trading volumes ranged between 4.2 million and 10.9 million during the four days, driving t…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $359.40 + $1.90 Silver* $ 3.90 + $0.01 Platinum*$339.85 – $8.90 Nickel** $ 3.25 + $0.01 Lead** $ 0.25 + $0.01 Copper $ 0.98 $0.00 Zinc $ 0.53 + $0.01 Courtesy of Scotiab…

The mineral exploration arm of Noranda (TSE), Noranda Exploration, plans to reduce its exploration personnel and reduce spending by about one-quarter in 1992. The total exploration budget of Noranda E…