Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A 6,000-ft. diamond drilling program is under way on Inlet Resources’ (VSE) Grandroy mine project near Chibougamau in northern Quebec. Inlet said the first hole in the program will be drilled to a dep…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $377.90 — $25.80 Silver* $3.98 — $0.24 Platinum*$403.50 — $20.50 Nickel** $3.81 + $0.03 Lead** $0.27 Copper- $1.05 — $0.01 Zinc $0.53 + $0.01 Courtesy of Scotiabank….

After a brief winter shutdown, Inland Gold and Silver (NASDAQ) started mining operations at its Toiyabe project in central Nevada. The modest-sized heap leach operation is expected to produce about 6,…

Equity markets had a rocky ride during the week ended Jan. 22 as gold and oil prices gyrated in response to the troubling events unfolding in the Persian Gulf war. During the war’s first week, investo…

Toronto-based Tintana Mines (TSE) has signed an agreement with the G.S.W. Bruce grubstake to acquire a 100% interest in 77 gold claims owned by the latter in English and Zavitz twps., near Timmins, On…

Juniors Flanagan McAdam Resources (TSE) and Muscocho Explorations (TSE) may yet be saved from the jaws of bankruptcy by the Magnacon and Magino gold projects. Belmoral Mines (TSE), making progress on …

Leslie Hart appointed chairman and director; Eva Kossuth appointed director.

The Vancouver Stock Exchange’s Composite Index dipped below the 500 level over the period ended Jan. 22, 1991, touching down at 499.2 for yet another record low. The Resources Index followed suit, plu…

After outlining a reserve of about 300,000 tons grading 0.21 oz. gold per ton and defining a number of other exploration targets, X-Cal Resources (TSE) optioned its Snowbird property near Fort St. Jam…

As promised, Trimin Resources (TSE) announced a formal offer to buy up to 2.2 million of its common shares at a price of $2 per share. The buyback had been stalled by two securities commissions pendin…

Gold failed to regain its shine as war in the Persian Gulf entered its second week. Shaken by a US$19.50 overnight drop in the gold price as United Nations forces took their first run at Iraq, investo…

Scominex, a Nova Scotian joint venture made up of Inco (TSE), government-owned Nova Scotia Resources and Husky Oil, is seeking a buyer for its gold property in the central Cape Breton Highlands, N.S. …