Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Exploration spending will jump 37% to $13.7 million in 1988, Getty Resources says in its 9-month interim report. Taken over in January by Total Resources Canada, a wholly- owned subsidiary of Total Co…

Significant intersections of enriched gold mineralization were encountered recently at the 50/50 joint venture gold project at Mishibishu Lake, Ont., involving MacMillan Energy and Granges Exploration…

A series of short courses on mining and mining-related subjects is being offered from March through June of this year by the college of earth and mineral sciences at Pennsylvania State University. The…

Edmonton-based Golden Star Resources has established initial reserve figures at three Guyana gold properties which are being explored in a joint venture with Giant Resources of Australia. They include…

I’ve been a Cream Silver Mines shareholder for five years and I’m puzzled by the Strathcona Park (on Vancouver Island, B.C.) issue. I understand that environmentalists have protested the drilling and …

Winding up a profitable year, Placer Dome had 68% higher earnings in 1987, as well as three new gold mines coming into production. Net profits rose to $158.2 million or 73 cents per share, up from $9…

An agreement has been signed between Platinova Resources and Mount Estelle Resources, a private company. The deal allows Mount Estelle to share equally in Platinova’s interest in a gold project joint …

American Mining Congress — Harry Conger re-elected for a third one-year term as chairman of the board of directors and a 3-year term on the board.

If negotiations being carried out by Total Erickson Resources and its parent Total Resources (Canada) are successfully completed, the former might well be joining the big league of Canada’s gold produ…

Spokane- based Pegasus Gold reported record net earnings for 1987 of $14,492,000 or 70 cents per share, a 3- fold increase over 1986 earnings of $4,654,000 or 35 cents per share. For the fourth quar…

N.Y. Commodity Exchange Week’s High Low Close Change COPPER (in US cents per lb.) Mar 103.60 98.00 99.50 + 6.40 May 95.30 90.2…

Altex — W. Bell bought 30,300 to hold 1,758,550. Barron Hunter Hargrave — J. Hargrave sold 18,000 to hold 4,914,200. Carolin — J. Berns sold 53,500 to hold 2,726,212. Comet Expl — Krater Minerals …