Articles by Northern Miner Staff

Prices for aluminum may currently be running in the 64 cents (US) per pound range, but a London, England, firm is sticking with its average price forecast of 57 cents for 1987. “Following two years o…

Silver has often been described as the”poor man’s gold” and it has tended to follow the yellow metal upward, something that appears to be happening again today. That could be good news for Equity Silv…

Much of the earlier buying frenzy on Vancouver has dissipated and the market is now see-sawing its way from one day to the next. Trading volume has dropped about a third from recent highs but it’s sti…

A drill program completed by Black Gregor Explorations in the Hemlo area has yielded several gold values, the option partner Carlson Mines says. Gold was assayed in five of the eight holes completed. …

Noranda Inc. should make something better than $1 a share in the balance of this year, Chairman Alfred Powis said following the company’s annual meeting. He told shareholders at the meeting that in th…

Affected by steep falls in sales prices for tungsten in world markets, Canada Tungsten Mining reported a net loss of $17.2 million ($1.45 per share) in 1986, compared with a net loss in 1985 of $28.9 …

Its laterite nickel operations near the city of Bonao have become the envy of Falconbridge Ltd.’s competitors. It is also helping out the economy and the exports of the Dominican Republic, especially …

Week’s High Low Close Change PLATINUM (in US$ per oz.) June 579.00 579.00 593.20 — July 610.00 583.00 594.20 — 3.40 Oct. 616.00 …

Based on encouraging exploration results, Falconbridge Ltd. is proposing a second phase of exploration for the Lac Barry project, held under option by Beaufield Resources. Located 140 km northeast of …

Debt reduction will be a key element in Cominco’s 1987 business plan, according to Robert E. Hallbauer, president and chief executive officer. At the annual meeting, he announced plans to “reduce exis…

Alberta-listed Conquest Yellowknife Resources has released results from exploration geophysics and diamond drilling at its Campbell patents, or Smith Lake property in Leeson Twp., in the Renabie area …

Diamond drilling is under way at Terramar Resource’s Reid mine property near Redding, Calif. The purpose of the program is to explore the northern extensions of the Spanish and Evening Star veins on t…