Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Inco Gold, a unit of Inco (TSE), recently purchased 995,985 flow- through shares of High River Gold Mines (VSE), pursuant to the exercise of the same number of flow- through warrants issued last year …

In my father’s youth, gold coins were part of normal circulation. There were real silver coins too, with relatively few paper banknotes and bills. The First World War put an end to gold coins in circu…

Thomas Crean appointed president.

Former joint venture partners Golden Zone (VSE) and United Pacific Gold (VSE) recently agreed to settle a prolonged legal dispute relating to Golden Zone’s Alaskan gold property. Under the terms of th…

The state of Maine’s Departments of Environmental Protection and Conservation have jointly awarded a contract to draft new mining permit regulations to Ernest K. Lehmann & Associates, a Minneapolis- b…

After drilling 79 holes at the Ming’s Bight gold property in Newfoundland, Varna Gold and project partner Corona Corp. reported a preliminary reserve figure (undiluted) of more than 1.3 million tons g…

Spot closing prices in $US per tonne, except copper and lead (pounds sterling per tonne) Date June 19 June 18 June 15 June 14 June 13 Copper 1500-1501 — 1518-1520 1496-1498 1494-1495 Lead 489-490 — …

We recently discovered a share certificate for New Augarita Porcupine Mines dated June 9, 1939. The stock belonged to my wife’s late father. We would like to know if these shares are still valid, what…

The exciting Eskay Creek gold play in northwestern British Columbia’s Stikine Arch helped an otherwise dreary gold sector shake off some lethargy during the week ended June 19. Analysts had predicted …

An option to earn a 50% interest in 22 claims adjacent to the Bardome zinc deposits in Quebec’s Barraute and Fiedmont twps., has been acquired by Ressources Val d’Or (ME) from Noranda (TSE). To earn i…

With the intention of finding extensions of the Campbell mine orebody, Craibbe-Fletcher Gold Mines has proposed an underground drilling program for 1991. Placer Dome has decided to clear out the 2,000…

Frank Giustra appointed president; Anthony Williams appointed head of European operations.