Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A $750,000 exploration program is under way at Kirkton Resources’ (CDN) Shunsby base metal property, 130 km southwest of Timmins, Ont. Based on evaluation of more than 200 holes previously completed o…

Freewest Resources (TSE) has optioned an 18-claim base metal property in the Bathurst area of New Brunswick. The property, west of the Wedge deposit, contains disseminated copper-lead-zinc mineralizat…

Mine operators and project lenders in Saskatchewan and Quebec are less liable for the cost of mine reclamation work than their counterparts in other provinces, says Normand Champigny, a senior consult…

Referring to reserve calculations recently completed by Keewatin Engineering, Trillion Resources (ASE) says the Jena Mines gold property in central Zimbabwe will have a mine life of 11 years. Keewatin…

London Metal Exhange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date July 16 July 15 July 12 July 11 July 10 Copper 1340-1342 1329-1330 1336-1338 1376-137…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (HG) (in US cents per lb.) Jul 98.95 98.50 98.65 – 2.25 Sep 98.90 98.25 98.65 – 2.15 Dec 97.90 97.25 97.75 SILVER (in US cents per oz.) Jul …

July 16 July 15 July 12 July 11 July 10 HIGH LOW Composite”300″ 3535.45 3526.90 3516.34 35070.89 3504.17 4009.47 3009.91 Metals & Minerals3268.08 3219.27 3210.40 3189.36 3194.80 3453.06 2502.63 Integr…

Toronto-based Spirit Lake Explorations (TSE) will conduct surface drilling and underground bulk-sampling work this summer at its high-grade gold project east of Wawa, Ont., according to a recent finan…

Surface exploration has commenced on a gold property in Benoit Twp., Que., reports Trump Reserve Minerals (ASE). The 44-claim property lies along strike of the Benoit discovery, where Freewest Resourc…

The Northwest Territories’ first land claim settlement will have little impact on mining and exploration activities says Tom Hoefer, general manager of the N.W.T. Chamber of Mines. Under the recent ag…

A recycling facility that will recover lead from used automobile and industrial batteries, as well as other lead-bearing scrap material, is being built by The Doe Run Company in Missouri. The US$38-mi…

Toronto-based Denison Mines (TSE) has been replaced as manager of the Quintette Coal operation in British Columbia by Vancouver mining giant Teck (TSE). “The appointment of Teck will substantially enh…