Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Bing Jung appointed president and Bill Frisen appointed director.

A 33-hole (3,965-metre) reverse circulation drilling program recently completed at the joint-venture prospect in Botswana of Repadre Capital (VSE) has failed to intersect any kimberlite intrusives, a …

Great Lakes Minerals (TSE), centring its efforts on Michigan’s famed Keweenaw copper district which has yielded more than 12 billion lb. of the red metal over the years, has restructured a previous ag…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market US59.50-61.50 cents per lb. (Jun. 20, 1991). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US84-85 cents per lb. (Mar. 14, 1991). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$3.00-3.10 per lb. (Jun. 20, 1991). C…

The spot price of copper, reacting to news out of Chile that about 10,000 workers at the government-owned Chile Copper Corp. had gone on strike over salaries in early July, gained almost two cents on …

Toronto-based Fort Knox Gold Resources (TSE) says it plans to begin drilling soon on 31 claims in Fawcett Twp. near the Shiningtree area of Ontario in the hope of finding a volcanogenic massive sulphi…

With two operations recently closed and a third mine shutdown imminent, Noranda (TSE) is bringing into play its environmental management system that has been developed during the last several years to…

Shareholders of Muscocho Explorations (TSE) recently granted the company permission to issue up to 11 million common shares to its creditors. The planned share issue is part of an amended plan of arra…

A $230,000 drill program began recently at the Queenston Mining (TSE) and Strike Minerals (CDN) base metal joint venture in Robertson Twp. 14 km north of Matachewan, Ont. Having outlined preliminary …

Semi-monthly reports as of Jun 15, showed 24,245,977 shares of 564 issues compared with 22,603,148 shares of 583 issues on May 31. Larger individual positions included Amer. Barrick 242,362, down 181,…

This season, Takla Star Resources (ASE) plans to concentrate its efforts on the AOK property near the Mt. Milligan deposit in north-central British Columbia.

Toronto-based Boliden Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of Boliden International Mining, will cease operations July 31. All future North American exploration and administration will be conducted throu…