Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A net loss of $2.3 million was reported by Princeton Mining (TSE) for its 1991 first quarter ended March 31, compared to net earnings of $2.3 million for the corresponding period in 1990. The company…

Base metal giant Cominco (TSE) recently sold its 45% interest in Mitsubishi Cominco Smelting to Japanese firm, Mitsubishi Materials Corp. Mitsubishi Cominco was formed in 1965 with the objective of s…

A private placement of 200,000 units at 50 cents each with United Mineral Services will net American Bullion Minerals (VSE) $100,000. United is a private firm wholly owned by Robert Dickinson. The uni…

An updated preliminary reserve estimate was released by Consolidated Rhodes Resources (VSE) for the Copper Canyon copper-gold deposit in the Galore Creek region of northwestern British Columbia. The c…

Mineral exploration in New Brunswick for the first five months of 1991 was brisk, the province’s Department of Natural Resources and Energy reported. In the Bathurst-Newcastle mining camp, a drilling …

Shaft sinking at the Craig mine of Falconbridge in the Sudbury area is progressing at a rapid pace. Dynatec Mining President Bob Dengler said that during a 31-consecutive-day period in April and May…

Shares of Indigo Gold Mines doubled in price during the week ended June 11 after the company announced an option agreement on the Oweegee Dome property in north-central British Columbia. Bolstered by …

Stuart Rogers appointed president succeeding Barbara Brown who resigned; Wendy Warner appointed secretary; George Maines appointed director.

The annual Gold Show in Dawson City is over and John and Madeleine Gould are itching to return to the creeks. “We’ve (the family) been mining the same property since 1903,” John says, sitting in his h…

While gold recoveries at Sonora Gold’s (TSE) 70% owned Jamestown mine in California are expected to improve this year, the company continues to be dogged by low gold prices. Sonora recently reported …

The World Gold Council, the Geneva-based association that promotes the yellow metal on behalf of member companies, couldn’t have picked a better week to hold its first institutional investment forum i…

Copper has always played an important role in British Columbia’s metal mining industry, consistently accounting for the lion’s share of the province’s yearly metal production on a dollar-value basis. …