Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Metals and minerals prices levelled off after dropping for months and the all-commodity price index of Scotiabank rose slightly in March after five straight monthly drops. Both the metals and minerals…

Options Open Series Volume Last Interest Aug 370 C 2 7.00 3 May 390 P 10 6.30 140 …

Throughout Canada, few mineral deposits were successfully developed in the past two years. New Brunswick’s Bathurst camp, however, boasts two profitable new mines. Since they started or resumed operat…

Recent drilling by Westmin Resources (TSE) at its Myra Falls operation near Campbell River, B.C., returned a massive sulphide intersection in a gap area between the Ridge and H-W zones. The Myra Falls…

A 10,000-ft. drill program will begin in late May on the Nucleus-Revenue porphyry copper-gold prospect in south-central Yukon. This prospect is one of at least two porphyry targets within the 15-mile-…

Gagan Gold Corp. — 600,000 shares offered @ 50 cents per share. Idaho Consolidated Metals Corp. — 750,000 units consisting of 1 sh & 1 wt offered @ 55 cents per unit. Golden Ring Resources Inc. –…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange High Low Close Week’s Change COPPER (HG) (in US cents per lb.) May 103.70 102.70 102.90 — 3.00 Jun 102.70 102.70 102.70 — 3.00 Jul …

Brian Mountford, William Walls and William Alderton elected directors.

In July, 1986, the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM) announced its decision to relocate from Toronto to Sudbury. Industry sources immediately expressed concern as to how this would aff…

Jack Day appointed interim president succeeding A. Ying who resigned; Sheena Wilson appointed secretary and director.

Brican Resources Ltd. (BRI:VSE) has changed its name to International Brican Resources Ltd. (IBR:VSE) with a consolidation of capital of one new share for three old shares. The transfer agent is Montr…

Finding feedstock for its nickel refinery in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., remains a priority for Sherritt Gordon (TSE), President Ian Delaney recently told a meeting of financial analysts in Toronto. Boo…