Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Toronto-based Brunswick Mining & Smelting (TSE), the 67% owned Noranda (TSE) subsidiary, says it is laying off 100 workers from its Belldune smelter in New Brunswick as part of a workforce restructuri…

Jantar Resources Corp. (JAN.A:VSE) has changed its name to ITP Thermal Packaging Inc. with no consolidation of capital. The new company has no interest in mining. Aunore Resources Inc. (AUN:ME) has ch…

Faced with a 48% short-term drop in the value of its shares, Glimmer Resources (VSE) is scrambling to come up with ways to increase shareholder liquidity. Trading on an anemic Vancouver market, Glimm…

Thomas Sawyer, Alex Burton, Donald Patterson, Reginald Neill, Vivienne Muggeridge elected directors.

Greg Amon appointed director.

William Vance appointed director.

A drilling program at the Haile gold mine in South Carolina is returning a number of good intersections as Amax Gold (NYSE) continues its earn-in program. The best hole returned a 110-ft. intersectio…

Options Open Series Volume Last Interest The New York closing gold price was $367,80 per oz. Last quotations for gold options traded in Montreal and Vancouver as provided at the close of trading each …

Weaker metal prices in May helped push the all-commodity price index of Scotiabank down by 1% from April. “Base metal prices moved significantly lower in May and June. Copper and nickel are still at…

Malcolm MacGregor and Richard Conkin appointed directors.

A 6,000-ft. drilling program is under way at the Birk Creek property in the Adams Plateau area of south-central British Columbia. Falconbridge, operator of the program, can earn a 60% interest in the…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange High Low Close Week’s Change COPPER (HG) (in US cents per lb.) Jul 103.25 101.00 103.20 + 1.65 Aug 103.40 102.15 103.45 + 2.50 Sep …