Articles by Northern Miner Staff

I have been a subscriber to The Northern Miner for more than 45 years and, in addition, have a copy of every issue of the Canadian Mines Handbook since 1934. True, the cmh made its debut in 1931, but …

An agreement has been reached between Davidson Tisdale Mines and Western Oil and Minerals, a U.S. company, over the Browns Park placer property in Montana. Under the terms of the deal, Western has the…

Field operations are under way on two properties in Saskatchewan’s La Ronge gold belt where Troymin Resources is earning a 50% interest from Saskatchewan Mining and Development Corp., Troymin reports….

The sale earlier this year of the company’s holding in Lacana Mining Corp. was one of the major factors leading to a big improvement in earnings reported by Westmin Resources for the first six months….

Cominco Resources has received some encouraging drill results from its 60% owned Kinsley Mtn. gold property in eastern Nevada. U.S. Minerals Exploration Co. holds a 40% participating interest in the 5…

Profit-taking, the troubled U.S. dollar or whatever the reason, the Vancouver market appeared to follow the lead of other stock exchanges this week and pulled back. On the week, the vse index closed d…

Spot closing prices in Pound Sterling per tonne Date Aug. 11 Aug. 10 Aug. 7 Aug. 6 Aug. 5 Copper 1136-1137 1128-1130 1112.5-1113 1107-1109 1119-1120 Lead 421-422 422…

D.K. Platinum plans to become active exploring for gold in Ghana, West Africa. The company has opened an office in Accra, the capital city of Ghana. D.K. plans to acquire properties hosting potential …

Euro-Nevada Mining, a wholly- owned subsidiary of Franco-Nevada Mining, recently filed a preliminary prospectus with regulatory authorities in connection with the spinout of Euro-Nevada to existing Fr…

An exploration program has started on the Ennadai gold project of East West Resource Corp. in northeastern Saskatchewan, the company says. It says the program will include additional geophysical and g…

A public offering of 4.6 million shares in the United States is expected to add some cash to a Northgate Exploration balance sheet recently ravaged by a strike at the company’s Chibougamau operations….

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 80.00 cents -81.00 cents per lb. (Aug 6, 1987). ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.06-$1.14 per lb. (Aug 6, 1987). BISMUTH: New York dealer $3.60-$3.70 per lb. (Aug 6, 1987). CADMIU…