Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A 50-50 joint venture has been formed between Minera Rayrock (TSE) and Battle Mountain Gold (TSE) for the purpose of exploring a number of gold properties in Costa Rica. Initially, Battle Mountain wil…

Officials from Denison Mines (TSE) and Ontario Hydro have begun crucial discussions that will almost certainly lead to a dramatic reduction in the price Hydro is paying for the company’s Elliot Lake, …

BGR Central Net Value $9.00 $4.98 Price $7.88 $4.700 Discount 12.44% 5.6% Value $53,561,388 $79,074,210…

A rights offering is being considered by Armistice Resources (ME) as a means of clearing up its working capital deficit troubles, President Frank Smeenk told shareholders at the recent annual meeting….

Champion Bear Resources (ASE) has completed 15 holes on its One Man Lake gold occurrence in the Kenora area of northwestern Ontario. A series of en echelon gold zones varying from 4 to 22 ft. in width…

“It’s tough to do business down here,” says geologist Ted Dematties. “We always tell our clients that even if they do make a viable discovery, there is no guarantee they will ever get it to production…

Sandy Lake Explorations Ltd. – 2,210,000 units consisting of 1 sh and 1 wt offered @ 45 cents per unit, also 400,000 shs offered @ 43 cents per sh. Skeena Resources Limited – 600,000 units consisting …

Drilling on the J&L property near Revelstoke, B.C., has extended the strike extent of the recently discovered Yellowjacket zone to at least 200 metres in length. The zone was discovered late last year…

It is politically impossible to rein in a bureaucracy of managerial environmentalists” that has overseen expenditures of US$10 billion since 1980 while implementing and administering Superfund progra…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $360.00 — $ 3.75 Silver* $ 3.61 — $ 0.09 Platinum* $393.50 + $ 5.50 Nickel** $ 3.92 — $ 0.06 Lead** $ 0.27 $ 0.00 Copper{ $ 1.12 — $ 0.01 Zinc{{ $ 0.55 + $ 0.01 Cour…

Societe Miniere Sphinx (VSE) is diversifying into oil and gas. President Michel David said his company has bought (subject to regulatory approval) a 15% interest in a gas recompletion well in Alberta …

Noranda Minerals, a unit of Noranda (TSE), has decided to shut down operations this spring at its Mattabi and Lyon Lake base metal divisions, about 80 km north of Ignace, Ont. The company cited recent…