Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Is a restructuring, redemption, or all-out takeover at hand for holders of preferred shares of Westar Mining (TSE)? Recent market action would suggest that the street thinks something is in the works….

FALCONBRIDGE — George Reed retired as vice-president and general manager after more than 32 years of service.

The price of gold closed last year at about the same level as it started, around US$400 per oz. As heartening as that may be to some, the real story is the precious metal spent most of the year tradin…

An option to acquire a 60% interest in the Grevet property of Ressources Orient (ME) near Matagami, Que., has been reached in principle with Serem Quebec and Exploration VSM (ME), Orient reports. The …

With the equity markets in a back-to-business mode after the holiday season, brokers and investors are keeping a close eye on prices for precious and base metals. Gold prices appear to be once again b…

The board of directors of Toronto- based Agnico-Eagle Mines (TSE) recently declared a US10 cents per share dividend payable May 1, 1990, to shareholders of record April 3.

The final volume in a four-book series entitled Mineral Deposits of Europe is now available from London’s Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. The 454-page book combines the fourth and fifth volumes …

Joint venture partners Freewest Resources (ME) and Noranda Exploration, a unit of Noranda (TSE), have reported more encouraging assay results from their gold project in Harker and Holloway twps., 70 m…

John Younglove Cole, mining executive and lawyer, died recently in Redwood City, Calif. He was 89. Cole, a mining developer since 1925, discovered and staked the Cole gold mine, thus contributing to t…

Over the next few weeks, Savanna Resources (ASE) will attempt to answer some of the questions regarding its Turner- Albright massive sulphide project in southern Oregon. After receiving results of met…

In 1934, I bought 700 shares in Canadian Pandora Gold Mines. I also own certificates for 1,000 shares in Clearwater Mines and Earlcrest Resources, purchased in 1969. Can you tell me anything about the…

Arizona is the leading nonfuel mineral producer in the U.S., according to figures released by the U.S. Bureau of Mines for 1988. The value of mineral production reported for Arizona was in excess of U…