Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Higher costs and lower revenues brought about a sizable drop in earnings for Princeton Mining (TSE) in 1990 over the previous year. Princeton reported earnings of $10.8 million for 1990, a significant…

Despite writing down its investment in North American Metals (TSE) by US$32.2 million last year, Homestake Mining (NYSE) recently provided the company about $2.3 million in additional financing. North…

As a regular reader of The Northern Miner, I often read articles submitted by a George Miller, the president of the Mining Association of Canada. Could he be the same George Miller who at one time was…

TEXT: Saskatoon-based Claude Resources (TSE) has discovered a new zone of gold mineralization at the Seabee mine property in northern Saskatchewan. The new discovery, known as the 161 zone, consists …

N.Y. Commodity Exchange? Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (HG) (in US cents per lb.) Apr 107.30 106.10 107.30 + 0.50 May 107.00 105.70 106.90 + 0.95 Jun 106.40 106.10 106.40 SILVER (in US cents per…

It is interesting to watch the NDP as it drifts away from labor for its sole power base and tries to appeal to more voters through populist issues such as those dealing with the environment. With the …

Trading was light amid the speculative junior-mining issues as the price of gold fell to a low of US$354 per oz. during the week ended Mar. 26. Among the week’s few gainers was Golconda Resources, whi…

Both the VSE composite and resource indices staged rebounds over the week ended March 26. The composite index rose almost 10 points to finish at 570.22, while the resource index edged up 8.66 points t…

Once upon a time, many years ago in a place called British Columbia, when a prospector staked some claims, he knew that if he obeyed the rules and was lucky enough to discover an orebody, he could kee…

An agreement-in-principle between Placer Dome (TSE) and Major General Resources (VSE) will provide for the formation of a joint venture to explore an area of about 20,000 sq. km in north-central Yukon…

Drilling at the little Billie mine on Texada Island, B.C., has returned a number of copper-gold skarn intersections. The property is owned by Vananda Gold (VSE) which is attempting to expand prelimina…

A $4.2 million writedown, mainly related to a royalty interest in the floundering Colomac gold mine, has made a dent in the 1990 income of Rayrock Yellowknife Resources (TSE). Net earnings for the yea…