Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A 10-hole drill program was recently completed on the Bend vein, a gold exploration target near Stewart, B.C. The vein is located within claims owned by the Summit joint venture held equally by Tenajo…

The Centre de Recherche Industrielle du Quebec, in co-operation with Atlas Copco, has developed a mini-drill that is innovative in several respects. Designed to meet the requirements of Sigma mine of …

The failure of gold to react to the crisis in Moscow is clear evidence that gold is just another commodity on the world’s trading markets. But then the world has become blase about political crises al…

A net loss of $13.3 million or 19 cents per share was reported by International Corona (TSE) for the first six months of this year after taking into account a $21.9-million writedown of its investment…

London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Aug 20 Aug 19 Aug 16 Aug 15 Aug 14 Copper 1334-1334 1341-1342 1324-1325 1313-1315 13…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $ 356.20 – $ 0.30 Silver* $ 3.93 – $ 0.02 Platinum*$345.50 + $ 2.75 Nickel**$ 3.72 $ 0.00 Lead** $ 0.24 – $ 0.01 Copper $ 1.00 – $ 0.01 Zinc $ 0.47 – $ 0.00 Courtesy of …

Rouyn Mining Resources Inc. (ROU:ME) has changed its name to Richmont Mines Inc. (RIC:ME).

Exploration is under way at Murgor Resources’ (VSE) gold property in Fancamp Twp., Que., south of Chibougamau, Que., following an agreement between Murgor and Minnova (TSE). Under the option deal, Min…

Winner of an all-expense paid 3-day trip to Sudbury at the end of July, the grand prize in an Ontario Mining Week contest organized in June by the Ontario Mining Association (OMA), was Caroline Jung, …

Lower gold prices, the closure of the company’s Blackdome mine in British Columbia, and unusually wet weather at the Gilt Edge and Stibnite mines helped deepen losses for MinVen Gold (TSE). The compan…

Project operator Newhawk Gold Mines (TSE) released assays for the first three holes drilled on two of five bulk-tonnage copper-gold targets being tested on its 60% owned Sulphurets property north of S…

Political troubles in the Soviet Union didn’t sit too well with investors around the world, whose immediate reaction was to get out of the market. In Montreal, the pattern was no different. Both the m…