Articles by Northern Miner Staff

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…

Drilling is under way on the 67-unit Hurdman property, about 65 miles north of Timmins, Ont., says owner Noront Resources (VSE). The base metal prospect hosts several mineralized conductors and a half…

The Nunavut land claim agreement signed recently by the federal government and the Tungavick Federation is far from settled. It still has to be approved by a March 16 plebiscite of residents in the ar…

Recently listed Newfoundland Goldbar Resources (CDN) got off to a good start with encouraging results from the Glover Island gold property in western Newfoundland. Optioning the property from ASE-list…

Mineral exploration spending in the territory rose to $16 million this year from $12 million in 1990. Dennis Ouellette, a geologist with the Whitehorse office of the federal Department of Northern Aff…

Pierre Gauthier, chairman of 52% owned Noranda (TSE) subsidiary Societe Miniere Louvem (TSE), recently profited by exercising stock options at a discount to the recent market price. According to the O…

Recent drilling at the McArthur River joint venture has boosted probable in-situ reserves from 200 million to 260 million lb. of U3O8. The average grade of the deposit has increased from 4% to 5% U3O8…

Pan Oceanic Ventures Inc. (PSV:VSE) has changed its name to Falcon Ventures International Corp. (FNV:VSE) with a consolidation of capital on a 1-new-for-8-old-share basis. The transfer agent is Pacifi…

A second phase of drilling is scheduled to begin shortly on the Figuery project near Amos, Que. Mountain Beaver Resources (CDN) has an option to earn a 50% interest in the prospect by spending $4 mill…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $357.50 – $10.20 Silver* $ 3.89 – $0.12 Platinum* $348.75 – $19.35 Nickel** $ 3.24 + $0.01 Lead** $ 0.24 $0.00 Copper $ 0.98 – $0.02 Zinc $ 0.52 – $0.02 Courtesy of Scot…