Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The sale of Kennecott’s interest in the North and South Kemess properties is now complete with the payment of $3.5 million by El Condor Resources (VSE). El Condor now has a 100% interest in the North…

After completing a first-stage exploration program on the Talapoosa property owned by Athena Gold (VSE), a unit of Placer Dome (TSE) opted to drop the Nevada gold property. Placer had the right to ea…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market US59.25-60.25 cents per lb. (May 23, 1991). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US84-85 cents per lb. (Mar. 14, 1991). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$2.90-3.05 per lb. (May 23, 1991). CAD…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange High Low Close Week’s Change COPPER (HG) (in US cents per lb.) Jun 99.30 98.20 99.30 + 0.60 Jul 99.50 98.20 99.40 + 0.20 Aug …

London Metal Exhange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date June 4 June 3 May 31 May 30 May 29 Copper 1296-1298 1272-1273 1…

Although gold production levels jumped significantly for Eastmaque Gold Mines (TSE) in the 1991 first quarter compared with the year-earlier period, the company continues to report losses. Eastmaque r…

A number of Inco (TSE) executives made a substantial profit recently after exercising options at a hefty discount to the nickel miner’s May 29 trading price of US$38.62. According to the Ontario Secu…

The Mattawasaga discovery, east of American Barrick Resources’ (TSE) Holt-McDermott mine in northeastern Ontario, has quickly grown into a sizable ore zone accounting for 45% of the mine’s reserves. A…

Results from a feasibility study on the Knox nickel-copper project in Maine indicate that the deposit could be developed at a capital cost of US$40 million and mined at an operating cost of US$1.90 pe…

Shareholders of Silverside Resources (TSE) voted recently in Toronto at the annual meeting in favor of a share consolidation and a name change. The company, which currently has about 10.9 million com…

A final payment of US$5 million to Crown Resources (VSE) in January helped push the company’s 1991 first-quarter earnings to US$2.1 million. The results compare with earnings of US$3.3 million in the…

Toronto-based Ned Goodman reported boosting his ownership by 2.3% in Prime Resources Group (VSE), the operator of the Eskay Creek gold exploration project in northwestern British Columbia. Goodman sai…