Articles by Northern Miner Staff

One of the most active issues on the Vancouver Stock Exchange this week was Windarra Minerals. Some 718,900 shares changed hands as the issue slipped a penny to close at $1 even, once again proving th…

I do hope you plan to soon re-introduce oil stock quotations. Many of the oils have mining properties, for example, Barons Oil, in which I have an interest. Too, The Northern Miner is such a reliable …

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Mar 104.30 101.10 101.10 + 1.60 May 97.00…

The first hole in the current drill program at Big Trout Lake in northwestern Ontario by International Platinum Corp. has returned an assay of 0.15 oz platinum group metals per ton over two feet, pres…

Echo Bay Mines has budgeted $9.5 million(US) for exploration work on its Kettle and Key gold properties in Washington state this year. The company can earn a 60% interest for an expenditure of $10 mil…

I worked at the Lake Shore in the early ’30s and your recent Odds ‘n’ Sods story brought to mind an event that happened there. I was a machine runner working for Jone Southall in a stope on the upper …

Although it currently holds 56.5% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Louvem Mines, St. Genevieve Resources appears to be meeting some resistance to its revised takeover bid for the gold pr…

Completion of an agreement whereby Belmoral Mines will spend $10 million to acquire a 50% interest in Yorbeau Resources’ Astoria gold property in northwestern Quebec, and $5 million to acquire Yorbeau…

Encouraged by a recently-completed 16-hole drill program, Noramex Minerals and partners Hillside Energy and Calvada Resources plan a $400,000 follow-up program on their Bunce heap leach gold project i…

An eight-day rally has added another 95 pts to the tse composite index which moved past the 3,300-pt mark to 3,334.09 pts today. Just two months ago, the market had built a solid base at 3,000 pts whi…

A new issue, Transgold Resources chalked up the best gains this week, trading to a high of $1.05 before slipping back to 95 cents -$1. Volume was 272,000 shares for the week. The company, which came o…

Falconbridge Inc. has drilled several more mineralized intersections on the Lac Rouleau property, held under option by Beaufield Resources. The Lac Rouleau property is located in northern Quebec. The …