Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A market rally sparked by renewed optimism over the U.S. economy appeared to gain some momentum today, May 30. The composite 300 stock index, which represents a wide measure of Canadian share values, …

BGR Metals has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 25 cents per common and class A share, payable April 27, 1990.

An agreement with CMP 1990 will provide Corona (TSE) with $5 million for exploration financing. Under the terms of the agreement, Corona will receive $3.5 million from CMP in return for up to 375,110 …

Today, there may be a faint glimmer of hope for the mineral industry in its continuing concern about access to land. On March 30, the final plan for land use around the Spanish River, in the Sudbury D…

The property would be a hard day’s ride from this hot, dusty town in an area steeped in the history of the American wild west. One would be hard pressed to find men to make that ride to the Dragoon Mo…

Week’s Price (US) Change Gold* $365.70 + $2.45 Silver* $5.13 + $0.03 Platinum* $496.50 — $6.75 Nickel** $3.83 + $0.05 Lead** $0.38 + $0.00 Copper- $1.18 + $0.05 Zinc $0.79 — $0.00 Courtesy of Scotia…

Lower operating costs at Breakwater Resources’ (TSE) El Mochito polymetallic mine in Honduras contributed to higher first-quarter earnings for the Vancouver-based company. Breakwater, which is attempt…

The greatest surprise about Placer Dome’s recent bid for Stikine Resources is that it has taken so long to come about. Readers of The Northern Miner know only too well that the Eskay Creek project, of…

The Superior Court of Quebec has quashed a seizure by a private Toronto company, Hunter & Associates, of assets used by Aquisitor Mines (VSE) and Stabell Resources (ME) on their Dubuisson property nea…

As it waits for the first gold pour at the potentially huge Colomac gold project in the Northwest Territories, Northgate Exploration (TSE) and its group of affiliates reported some mixed first-quarter…

W. D. Tieman has been appointed Ontario’s new Mining and Lands Commissioner, effective June 1, 1990.

Net earnings of $1.7 million were reported by Granges (TSE) for the 1990 first quarter, compared with $655,000 for the similar period of the previous year. The jump in earnings was the result of an in…