Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A $187-million program designed to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions at Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting’s (TSE) copper-zinc plant in Flin Flon, Man., got under way recently. Financing for the program wa…

Several mining companies active in Oregon are reported to have abandoned plans to develop gold mines in the state because of new environmental policies that will treat all mine operations using cyanid…

Minerva Gold Mines Ltd – 1,000,000 shs offered @ 50 cents per sh. September Resources Ltd – 625,000 shs offered @ 37.5 cents per sh. Canadian Imperial Mines Inc – 600,000 shs offered @ 40 cents per sh…

Soquem, a Quebec government-owned exploration concern, has taken an option on Kingswood Explorations’ (ASE) 60-claim property in the Eastmain River area of northern Quebec. In order to earn a 50% inte…

A $10-million feasibility study to be completed next year will be used by International Corona (TSE) as a bankable document to continue development of the Eskay Creek project, now estimated to contain…

Toronto-based Aur Resources (TSE) recently commenced field work on a 63-claim base metal property in the Joutel-Poirier area about 100 miles north of Val d’Or, Que. Under an agreement with Charlim Exp…

London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Dec 17 Dec 16 Dec 13 Dec 12 Dec 11 Copper 1191-1192 1187-1188 1193-1195 1209-1211 12…

An exploration verification program aimed in part at determining the tonnage of a near-surface copper oxide zone, the grade of acid-soluble copper and the precious metal (gold and silver) content at t…

Toronto-based junior Great Lakes Minerals (TSE) recently raised $554,220 from a rights offering designed to finance royalty payments at its Keweenaw copper project in northern Michigan. Great Lakes sa…

Total Resources, the parent company of Total Energold (TSE), recently launched a bid to acquire all the shares it does not already own for $1.55 per share. Total Resources, which in turn is a wholly o…

A recent option and joint venture agreement allows Placer Dome (TSE) to earn up to a 70% interest in a land package covering about 7,900 acres located 60 miles north of Kamloops, B.C. The property is …

Supply of platinum in 1991 is expected to surpass demand by 210,000 oz., writes metals dealer Johnson Matthey in an interim review. Supplies may increase, because of increased Soviet sales, to 4.1 mil…