Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Canadian Mines: Perspective from 1988 — Production, Reserves, Development and Exploration. Mineral Bulletin MR 221. Prepayment $9(C); other countries $10.80(C) Canadian Government Publishing Centre, …

Toronto-based Kam-Kotia Mines (TSE) has enough cash on hand to pay off a $3.5 million bank loan it negotiated a year ago to help acquire a sodium sulphate business in Saskatchewan, President John Kach…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) May135.00 131.10 131.25 — 7.05 Jul130.10 127.10 127.40 — 8.00 Sep126.50 123.50 1…

Noranda Inc. (TSE) has purchased a further 300,000 shares of Crown Butte Resources (VSE), raising its stake in Butte to 26.5%. The deal, an off-market transaction, was exercised under a share option a…

Following a trend established in the gold mining industry, base metal producers are beginning to look at re-activating old mines. Companies are taking a hard look at old zinc producers like the Pend O…

With a large and diversified exploration portfolio, a bulging treasury ($47.5 million cash), with production, revenues and profits all on an upswing, this should be an exciting year for Rayrock Yellow…

Conwest Exploration (TSE) reports net earnings of $7 million in the first quarter of 1989 or 54 cents per share. That’s up from the first quarter of 1988 when net earnings were $4.3 million, or 35 ce…

RIO ALGOM — R. W. Ballmer appointed vice-chairman and chief executive officer; C. A. Macaulay, director.

Gold fund Goldcorp Investments Ltd. reports more than 17.5 million A warrants were issued pursuant to its rights offering made to the holders of its A shares, common shares and existing A share warran…

The latest financial results from American Pacific Mining (VSE) show sales of $16 million(US) and profits of $6.5 million after tax for the final quarter of its fiscal year ended Feb 28, 1989. The com…

Denver-based Royal Gold (NASDAQ) has entered into a joint venture agreement with Standard Industrial Minerals of Sparks, Nev., for development of Standard’s Long Valley gold property in California. Th…

A new book entitled Geochemical Detection of Volcanogenic Massive Sulphides in Humid-Temperate Terrain was published recently by J. S. Cummings. The text reflects more than 30 years experience in mine…