Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Total exploration drilling has reached more than 46,300 ft. in 131 holes at the New World property in Montana, project manager Noranda Exploration, a unit of Noranda (TSE), and partner Crown Butte Res…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (HG) (in US cents per lb.) Sept 131.80 128.80 128.90 — 2.85 Oct 129.80 129.80 127.20 — 2.60 Nov 127.80 127.80 125.00 — SILVER (in US cent…

Calgary-based Goldbank Ventures (ASE) says that field work has started on the company’s Goldrun Creek gold-silver-copper project in northwestern British Columbia. Sutton Resources (VSE) can earn a 51%…

St. Genevieve Resources (TSE) Chairman Pierre Gauthier recently fulfilled a promise to put a time limit on negotiations relating to the massive sulphide property east of Val d’Or, Que., of Aur Resourc…

A drilling program is expected to start in early September on the Quet prospect, 90 km northeast of Vancouver, B.C. Noranda Exploration, a unit of Noranda (TSE), has the right to earn a 60% interest i…

Production last year from 80 primary, non-placer Canadian gold mines totalled slightly more than 4.5 million oz., up about 25% from 1988, research firm Metals Economics Group of Halifax reports. About…

Minority shareholders in Stikine Resources (TSE), including Euro- Nevada Mining (TSE), provided the votes needed to place Corona (TSE) at the helm of Stikine management during a recent annual meeting….

British Columbia’s mining industry recorded an all-time high of nearly $4 billion in gross sales in 1989, but an independent survey by Price Waterhouse also shows that the industry suffered a dramatic…

Marginal assay results have been reported by Akiko-Lori Gold (VSE) from recent drilling on the company’s Catharine gold project near Kirkland Lake, Ont. The project is a 50/50 joint venture between Ak…

Edwin Phillips appointed chairman of the board succeeding Malcolm Taschereau who resigned.

Gene Elam appointed vice- president and chief financial officer.

Supplies of copper are expected to tighten through the 1990s despite intense activity in development of new mine projects, a study by London-based Commodities Research Unit says. The tonnage from know…