Articles by Northern Miner Staff

A. A. Balkema Publishers of the Netherlands has published the proceedings of the 9th Plenary Scientific Session of the International Bureau of Strata Mechanics, held in Varna, Bulgaria, June 18-21, 19…

Exploration will continue on the Chu Chua copper property, north of Kamloops, B.C., during 1987. Under an agreement Corporation Falconbridge Copper has an option on the property from Pacific Cassiar a…

A $200,000 drilling program has been completed by Toronto-listed Pronto Explorations on Inco Ltd.’s Solomon Pillars property. Pronto can earn a 50% interest in the property, 40 miles west of Geraldton…

ALUMINUM: MW U.S. Market 64.75 cents -66.00 cents per lb. (Apr 9, 1987). ANTIMONY: New York dealer $1.10-$1.18 per lb. (Apr 9, 1987). BISMUTH: New York dealer $2.50-$2.70 per lb. (Feb 26, 1987). CADMI…

Saber rattling sometimes occurs before outright war but the big guns are firing already in a proposed takeover offer for Northair Mines by Nanaimo-based Nor-Quest Resources. Incensed by an offer which…

Platinova Resources, a private company and a subsidiary of Toronto-listed Black Hawk Mining, has entered into three separate agreements on three of its properties. The first is with Cominco Ltd. on th…

Commercial product shipments started this month reports Steep Rock Resources, following the completion of construction of the first phase of the multi-phased ultra- fine calcite plant at Perth, Ont., …

Reduced production and cost increase at the Valdez Creek mine in Alaska are the prime culprits behind the $687,000 loss posted by Sullivan Mines in its latest fiscal year. President Claude Genest, in …

April 21 April 20 April 17 April 16 April 15 Gold London Bullion Dealers afternoon (morning) $US per oz. 449.50(454.30) N/A N/A 437.75(441.00) 444.10(445.50) Gold Bank of Nova Scoti…

Underground drilling and bulk samples from Audrey Resources’ Mobrun project suggest that gold grades are approximately 30% higher than first estimated, President Guy Hebert, tells The Northern Miner. …

Chevron Minerals will be spending approximately $700,000 this year on B.Y.G. Natural Resources’ Mt Nansen gold property in the Yukon. The expenditure is almost identical to last year’s budget which wa…

Drilling by Parklane Technologies in the Beardmore, Ont., area has identified a quartz vein zone near an iron formation unit. Assays from the zone are expected shortly, the company says. Bay Resources…