Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Minerals play a key role in advanced industrial materials such as polymer-based composites and advanced ceramics. And Cominco Ltd. is planning to capitalize on the potential for mining these minerals….

The gold discovery that started it all in the Timmins-Porcupine camp in 1908 — the old Hunter Gold mine — could come to life again. Eric Davis, chief executive officer of coats-listed Wabigoon Resou…

Spot closing prices in Pound Sterling per tonne Date May 12 May 11 May 8 May 7 May 6 Copper 909-910 918-920 860-908 892-893 876-877 Lead 409-413 419-421 …

A new mill for Kirkland Lake and a decision to develop Bousquet No 2 mine in northwestern Quebec have been announced by Lac Minerals. The $13-million mill, to process ore from Lac’s Macassa operation …

A percussion drilling program is planned to start this month, X-Cal Resources says. The work will be performed on the company’s Tyax property in the Bridge River- Bralorne area of B.C. Previous work o…

Date May 12 May 11 May 8 May 7 May 6 Gold London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz. 460.70(460.25) 453.00(454.75) 453.00(456.70) 456.25(457.40) 456.25(456.7…

energy mines & resources canada — Dr D. J. Tempelman- Kluit appointed director of the Cordilleran and Pacific Margin division of the Geological Survey of Canada.

Almost since its incorporation way back in 1912, the Dome mine at Timmins has been dubbed the Big Dome. But we venture to say that its founders, who certainly did not lack foresight and guts, could ha…

A reserve inventory has been calculated by Wright Engineers for Quartz Mountain Gold’s 10,000-acre gold property in southern Oregon. Using a 0.01 oz cutoff grade, reserves now stand at 128.6 million t…

A 5,000-ft drilling program has started on the Ore Chimney mine property in Barrie Twp., Ont. Vancouver-listed Sands Minerals Corp. arranged for $150,000 in flow-through funding through tap Mineral Ex…

A bout of sloppy trading was evident on the exchange this week as gold prices steadied at $458(US) per oz after repeated stabs through the $460 level. The directionless trading and minor profit takin…

Conwest Exploration recently entered into a “bought deal” underwriting agreement with McLeod Young Weir, Merrill Lynch Canada and Dominion Securities. Under the agreement, the underwriters will purcha…