Articles by Northern Miner Staff

In what may be the start of an area play, Tantalus Resources (VSE) has reached an agreement in principle with a subsidiary of Citadel Gold Mines (TSE) to acquire a 100% interest in that company’s pros…

An increase in the value of the Canadian dollar as well as a drop in coal shipments and price pushed Westar Mining (TSE) into a loss position. The company reports a loss of $1.6 million in the third q…

A feasibility study will be performed on two properties in Chile by Fluor Daniel Wright Engineers, Black Cliff Mines (TSE) reports. The study on the Los Loros and Los Carrera properties in the South A…

Discouraged by Maine’s cumbersome permitting processes, mining companies have shunned the state for more than a decade. On July 31 when Maine replaced the various sets of regulations with a single leg…

A big drop in interest rates brought absentee investors back into the equity markets during the week ended Nov. 12 and sent share prices shooting upward. Although interest-sensitive financial and util…

A follow-up 500-metre drilling program has been initiated by VSM Exploration (ME) and Serem Quebec to test the lateral and depth extensions of a gold-bearing structure recently uncovered at the Gand D…

Trading activity on the VSE appeared somewhat volatile during the report period ended at noon today, Nov. 13, with both the composite and resource indices losing ground. A sell-off in some speculative…

London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Nov 12 Nov 11 Nov 8 Nov 7 Nov 6 Copper 1329-1330 1333-1344 1343-1345 1339-1340 1345-…

An agreement between South American Goldfields (TSE) and Denison Mines (TSE) will see the former boost its interest in the Aurora gold property in Guyana up to 80%. South American, which will also acq…

Jack Botsford was a mining engineer and mine manager in northern Ontario over a period of fifty years, and served in World War II with the Royal Canadian Engineers. His ashes will be taken to Lake Bea…

Kingswood Explorations (ASE) has offered to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of Fort Rupert Resources (a private company). Under the offer, which is subject to regulatory approval, ea…

The silver stockpile of the U.S. defence department has been reduced by 41% through U.S. Mint coinage programs since the Mint began drawing from the stockpile in 1986, The Silver Institute of Washingt…