Articles by Northern Miner Staff

GoldTech 4, the fourth in a continuing series of gold technology meetings, will be held in Reno, Nev., Sept. 10-12. It is sponsored by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. Topics inclu…

The National Research Council of Canada has granted Instrumentation GDD $59,000 to continue research on the “Beep Mat,” an exploration tool used to detect metallic mineralization. Edwin Gaucher, the i…

If only Tony Oklend could see LAC Minerals today. Who was he, you might well ask? Tony was a lonely, illiterate, Lithuanian immigrant who eked out a rugged existence trapping in the Thunder Bay area, …

Brenwest Mining has changed its name to Ridgeway Petroleum Corp. (RGW:VSE) on a 1-new-for- 3-old share basis. Transfer agent is Montreal Trust Co.

Strike Minerals (COATS) has been charged in connection with three offences under the public lands amendment act. According to Strike, the company was charged with “placing a structure on public lands …

Production contributions from the new Ansil and Samatosum mines in the first quarter of 1990 resulted in higher earnings for base metal and gold miner Minnova (TSE). Net income for the quarter increas…

Gold producer Placer Dome (TSE) has withdrawn from the Omai gold project in Guyana, South America, Golden Star Resources (TSE) reports. Golden Star says it has retained Wright Engineers of Vancouver t…

The stock market rally that began this week with the biggest single day gain so far this year showed no signs of ending today, May 9. Fuelled by volume increases in all but one of the sub-groups inclu…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (HG) (in US cents per lb.) May 120.50 118.20 120.40 — 1.70 June 116.50 115.90 116.40 — 0.90 July 112.40 110.10 112.15 — 0.85 SILVER (in U…

Some compete for gold and silver, and others for platinum. The best soccer player in the World Cup tournament taking place in Italy this year, as judged by readers of an Italian television magazine, w…

The latest assays from Flag Resources’ (ASE) Wolf Lake copper-gold prospect in MacKelcan Twp., northeast of Sudbury, Ont., have yielded mixed gold results in eight of 11 holes. A couple of high-grade …

Arthur Brown, chairman, president and chief executive officer of New York-listed Hecla Mining has been elected to the board of directors of Acadia Mineral Ventures (TSE). The move clears the way for a…