Articles by Northern Miner Staff

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Sep 102.40 101.40 101.60 + 1.55 Dec 100.20 98.80 99.50 + 1.50 Mar 95.40 94.50 …

The current bear market may have driven down the appetite of retail investors for junior mining stocks, but there are still some juniors out there to keep an eye on, says Yorkton Securities mining ana…

A $4.7 million underground exploration effort has been approved for the Wilanour property near Red Lake, Ont. Partners include Inco Gold, a wholly-owned affiliate of Inco Ltd. (TSE) with 50%, Wilanour…

In the last vestiges of a long hot summer, the retail-oriented Alberta Exchange is still waiting for a fall buying spree to pull the market out of its current state of lethargy. Volumes continued to b…

A state government report on Alaska’s mineral industry concludes that mining will “again become a cornerstone of the state’s economy.” Alaska’s Mineral Industry, 1987, the annual economic summary of m…

GEXA GOLD — David E. Lindh appointed chairman of the board. People…

While looking around in my father’s attic recently, I found a copy of a 1959 share certificate for 100 shares of Canada Radium Corp. I’m 99% sure that the shares are worthless but I’m curious as to th…

Predictions that the Carlin gold belt of here could eventually rival South Africa as a gold producer can’t be discounted given the reserves found there by companies like Newmont Gold Company. As The N…

Patience has become a real (but unwelcome) virtue among Vancouver brokers these days. Placing bets as to exactly when this long-running (since Oct ’87) bear market will end has become a popular pastim…

Back in June of this year, McAdam Resources (TSE) discovered that a surface crown pillar over an old, mined-out stope at its McWatters property near here was only about 7 ft thick. Worse still, it fou…

A reverse circulation drill program is being planned by joint venture partners, Brican Resources (VSE) and Bow Valley Mining to test a large zone of gold mineralization recently discovered on the 8,00…

A period of trench warfare has embraced the markets, as stagnant, directionless trading continued for yet another week. A sort of `quiet- before-the-storm’ attitude has affected traders, who remain ca…