Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Since 1972 Gibraltar Mines has operated a medium-sized, copper-molybdenum open pit in the Cariboo country of British Columbia. To improve the economics of a low-grade operation, Placer Dome (the major…

The Northern Whiner? On reading the Editor’s Note “Stranded” (Summer Issue), I think you should rename the magazine “The Northern Whiner”. You open with ominous warnings about NDP government and concl…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $352.40 + $4.40 Silver* $ 4.24 + $0.15 Platinum* $357.50 + $2.75 Nickel** $ 3.44 – $0.02 Lead** $ 0.24 …. Copper $ 1.06 + $0.03 Zinc $ 0.46 – $0.01 Courtesy of Scotiab…

Canmine Resources (CDN) says it has identified an alteration pipe at its FER copper-zinc property in northern Manitoba that is similar to the pipes found under known volcanogenic orebodies. In January…

Joseph Lechman appointed president.

BGR Central Net Value $8.30 $4.94 Price $7.38 $4.400 Discount 11.11% 10.9% Value $49,398,725 $74,026,920…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (HG) (in US cents per lb.) Sep 109.55 106.90 107.40 + 3.00 Oct 107.40 105.70 106.50 + 3.80 Nov 105.60 105.00 105.40 + 3.40 SILVER (in US cen…

A 6-hole infill drilling program at the Tulsequah Chief property in northwestern British Columbia is confirming projections made by a new geological model recently compiled by Cambria Data Services. R…

Toscana Resources LtdCastlewood Metals and Explorations Ltd – 850,000 units consisting of 1 sh and 1 wt offered @ 50 cents per unit. Dasserat Developments Corp – 600,000 shs offered @ 50 cents per sh.

A drilling program is expected to begin shortly on the Poplar property which was recently acquired by New Canamin Resources (VSE). The company can acquire a 100% interest in the property, about 45 mil…

Unionized employees at Denison Mines’ (TSE) Elliot Lake, Ont., uranium operations say they are prepared to strike in support of contract demands. Denison’s 400 uranium miners, who are represented by t…

Mining taxation is the subject of an international conference this week in Montreal. The conference, to run from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4 at the headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization…