Articles by Northern Miner Staff

The Eskay Creek project north of Stewart, B.C., generated plenty of drama and intrigue during 1990 as it moved from an exploration project to a more advanced development stage. The cast of players inv…

Montreal-based Stratmin (ME) is hoping to receive about $6 million from a rights offering. Holders of the company’s A shares, as of the close of business Dec. 19, will receive three rights for each sh…

A formal valuation of the shares of Trimin Resources (TSE) may be required before the company can proceed with a buyback offer for up to 2.2 million of its shares. The company applied to various secur…

London Metal Exchange Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date Dec 25 Dec 24 Dec 21 Dec 20 Dec 19 Copper N/A N/A N/A 1315-1317 1288-1289 Lead N/A N…

Were Mr. Smith a mining engineer, he would know that some mines can and do operate without concentrators. But no concentrator can operate without a productive mine not very far away. Indeed, a partial…

Drilling is scheduled to begin on a property adjacent to Card Lake Resources’ 5-claim package in Holloway Twp., Ont., at the beginning of January. Noranda will be testing the so-called Cadden claims f…

Hurt by declines in three of its four sub-indices, the all-commodity price index of Scotiabank fell by 3.6% in November compared with the previous month. The metals and minerals sub- index tumbled by …

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market US69.25- 71.25 cents per lb. (Dec. 6, 1990). ANTIMONY: New York dealer US78-80 cents per lb. (Nov. 29, 1990). BISMUTH: New York dealer US$2.80-2.90 per lb. (Sep. 13, 1990). CA…

Comp-U-Software Ltd. has changed its name to Nucore Resources Ltd. (NCR:VSE) with no consolidation of capital. The transfer agent is Montreal Trust.

Paul Sorbera appointed vice-president and Albert Raponi appointed secretary.

Jack Kendrick appointed chairman of the board; Alan Richardson appointed president and director; Robert Magnuson resigned as a director.

Lukas Lundin appointed president and director succeeding Lutz Klingmann who resigned.