Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Halifax-based Scotia Prime Minerals (ASE) and Phelps Dodge of Canada, a unit of major copper producer Phelps Dodge (NYSE), have teamed up to explore three base metal properties in Nova Scotia. Under a…

Michael Callahan, Angus Stewart and Stanley Ford appointed directors succeeding James Brown, Clive Brown and Ivan Christopher; Michael Callahan appointed president and Angus Stewart appointed secretar…

David Libby resigned as a director. A successor to be announced.

Great Lakes Minerals (TSE) has just received the best assays yet from their copper project on the Keeweenaw Peninsula in northern Michigan. Hole 9, drilled on the 543-S deposit, intersected 41.7 ft. g…

Through two private placements totalling 700,000 units, Central Crude (TSE) expects to raise $7.7 million for continued exploration on its Eagle River and Moss Lake gold properties in northern Ontario…

MVP BGR Central Capital Net value $9.38 $5.39 $0.26 Price $8.25 $4.850 $0.13 Discount 12.05% 10.0% 50.0% Value $55,826,331 $81,597,855 N/A…

Although Treminco Resources (TSE) reported a net loss of $70,000 for the year ended July 31, cash flow was $1.61 million. This compares with net income of $317,000 and cash flow of $1.96 million in 19…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (HG) (in US cents per lb.) Dec 110.00 109.00 109.70 — 3.25 Jan 109.55 108.90 109.50 — 1.00 Feb 109.30 108.50 109.30 0.10 SILVER (in US cen…

Production of sodium cyanide at a new Wyoming plant was started up by FMC Corp. in November. Size of the Chicago company’s plant is 60 million lb. of the product per year. Cyanide is used in the milli…

A new ore-testing business, Applied Ore Testing Inc., opened its doors Nov. 1 at Oakville, Ont., just west of Toronto. The operation consists of a metallurgical laboratory and pilot plant. President J…

I was disappointed with the British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resource’s decision to recommend cancellation of seven of nine Eskay Creek claims held by Eurus Resources (T.N.M., …

Trading continued to move forward, with the market portfolio ahead by almost 6 points for our report period, and the mining and minerals index up almost 17 points. Daily trading activity ranged betwee…