Mineral Technology Council formed
A newly created, privately funded agency — the Mineral Technology Council of Canada — will act as an “information broker” for the mining industry in an attempt to match up the most promising researc…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
COATS Trading Features (May 11, 1987)
Card Lake Resources continued to make gains, closing at $1.65-$1.70 — up from $1.50 last week. Company President Paul Zyla says drilling has started on Card Lake’s gold property in Harker Twp., east …
Neptune claims in New Brunswick
Neptune Resources reports it has staked and recorded 40 claims on the Cape Spencer structure near St. John, N.B., in a project to be known as the Marigold project. President M. K. Witte says the compa…
Editorial Mining like shovelling snow?
Just when we thought the Mining Association of Canada was winning its battle of informing and educating our elected representatives in Ottawa, this gem comes across our desk: “Extracting minerals fr…
Barrick drilling hot at Goldstrike
Deep drilling at the Goldstrike property in the Carlin gold belt area of Nevada by operator American Barrick Resources continues to produce significant results. Six holes have been completed since tha…
Editorial They do us proud
It was an impressive, even moving, sight at the awards dinner of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy to see the nearly three dozen men invited up to the head table to be honored for their …
Iron ore workers approve contract
Iron Ore Company of Canada workers at Labrador City, Nfld., members of USW Local 5795, have approved a new contract. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. The union local is the bargaining unit fo…
Tyler trades on TSE
The shares of Calgary-based Tyler Resources began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the stock symbol “tys” effective April 28. The original listing is in the mining category for 6,674,833 co…
Encouraging results for Skeena Resources
Skeena Resources says encouraging results have been received from drilling by operator Noranda Inc. on the Schroeder Mountain area of the Maggie Creek Ranch property at Carlin, Nev. Skeena is in a joi…
Quebec Cobalt, Arrowhead plan an amalgamation
Richard Evarts, president of Quebec Cobalt and Exploration and John McDougall, president of Arrowhead Gold Mines announce the proposed amalgamation of the two companies. The amalgamation is subject to…
Metal Prices PRODUCER PRICES (May 04, 1987)
ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 65.00 cents -66.50 cents per lb. (Apr 23, 1987). ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.15-$1.20 per lb. (Apr 23, 1987). BISMUTH: New York dealer $2.70-$2.85 per lb. (Apr 23, 1987). CAD…
METAL MARKETS Metal snips
Sales of Australia’s new Nugget series of gold coins has already exceeded expectation. It was anticipated 130,000 oz would be sold by June 30 of this year, but sales to date have surpassed 155,000 oz….